Corrupt court manipulator Leonard Leo, the head of the Federalist Society, has transferred more than $6 million in donations to a non-profit he runs to his pockets through one of his consulting companies, Politico reports. The Leo-run Concord Fund–formerly known as the Judicial Crisis Network–in Virginia took in donations and then hired Leo’s CRC Advisors for “consulting” services to the tune of six million dollars from July 2022 to June 2023.
While there’s nothing inherently illegal about the non-profit paying a for-profit consultant, when you’re dealing with two organizations that are controlled by the same individual, illegal self-dealing is likely if there was actually no independent work done. The set up would allow donors to fund Leo’s commercial operations through donations to his non-profits.