The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which works
to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, disbursed millions
of its funds to Hillary Clinton's "resistance" group since late December
2017, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
The DCCC made the millions in payments to Onward Together, a
nonprofit founded by Clinton following her loss to President Donald
Trump, for its email lists. The payments from the DCCC to Onward
Together began in December 2017. Since that time, the committee reported 25 transactions to Clinton's group totaling slightly more than $3 million, the filings show. The most recent payments from the DCCC to the committee were made in February.
In addition to the DCCC, the Democratic National Committee pushed $1.65
million to Clinton's group throughout 2018. The payments from the DNC,
which were marked primarily as list acquisitions with one payment going
towards direct mail, stopped in late October of last year.
Clinton launched Onward Together to allow her to be a "part
of the resistance" against Trump and Republicans following the 2016
elections. The group was incorporated
in April 2017 by Marc Elias, a partner at the Washington, D.C., office
of the Perkins Coie law firm, who is involved with a number of
Democratic politicians and party efforts. Elias acted as Clinton's top
lawyer during her failed 2016 run and is now aiding Sen. Kamala Harris's
(D., Calif.) presidential campaign.
Onward Together was established to push money to other resistance
groups and to assist them with strategic leadership, guidance, and
exposure. The group is registered as a 501(c)4 nonprofit, or a "social
welfare" organization, and does not disclose its donors.
Despite Clinton's name recognition, Onward Together collected just $3.2 million in contributions from the time of its incorporation, April 24, 2017, to March 31, 2018.
While Clinton does not disclose the donors to her group, the Washington Free Beacon previously found that she had transferred $800,000
from Hillary for America, her presidential campaign committee, to the
group within a week of its launch. Kelly Mehlenbacher, the treasurer for
Clinton's campaign committee, is also the chief operating officer of
Onward Together.
Onward Together works with 13 other resistance organizations and dished out $1.8 million to groups during its inaugural year.
Onward Together currently partners
with the likes of Demand Justice, a group led by Clinton's former press
secretary Brian Fallon, Color of Change, co-founded by CNN contributor
and activist Van Jones, and Latino Victory, co-founded by actress Eva
Longoria and San Antonio-based businessman Henry R. Muñoz III, who has
chaired the DNC's finance committee since 2013.
The DCCC did not respond to requests for comment on the payments to Clinton's resistance group from the committee.
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