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FEC
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35 (10 findings, 25 relationships)

FEC

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Network map of this entityIRS associated with FEC · ● primary record · Both are US government agencies involved in financial transparencyassociated withSean Cooksey associated with FEC · ● primary record · Resigned from FEC on Jan. 13, 2025Sean Cooksey participated in FEC · ● primary record · Commissioner Resigned from FECFEC · Government body · 10 findingsFECSean Cooksey · Person · 2 findingsSean CookseyIRS · Government body · 4 findingsIRS
3 entities, 3 recorded relationships. 72 more named entities have no recorded link and are not drawn.
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IRSassociated withFEC finding 13, finding 38, finding 63
Sean Cookseyassociated withFEC finding 35, finding 84
Sean Cookseyparticipated inFEC finding 35, finding 84

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Findings

  • A single back-office firm, 9Seven Consulting, processed FEC compliance for 340 federal committees (2019-2025) totaling $4.13M, with 99.5% of party-identified clients Republican and a 233-committee peak in the 2022 cycle.
  • FEC Chairman Sean Cooksey presided over the 2024 canvassing rule that benefited Trump-aligned Super PACs, then resigned days before the inauguration to become counsel to Vice President JD Vance.
    fec.gov
  • Datwyler's footprint is fragmented across 12 distinct name spellings in FEC filings, which understates his true reach in any single-name search.
    fec.gov
  • Only three FEC committees in the entire 2019 to March-2026 filing universe have ever booked a payment to a Compass entity with the explicit purpose 'CAGING' or 'CAGING SERVICES' on Schedule B: Speaker Mike Johnson's leadership PAC ($240,756.89, 23 payments, 2024-02-14 to 2025-12-19, treasurer Lisa Lisker), the Senate Conservatives Fund ($22,342.23, 11 payments, treasurer Paul Kilgore), and Tim Sheehy for Montana ($8,236.75, 2 payments, treasurer Katie Wenetta); Johnson's caging spend escalated 47% year-over-year ($97,419.89 in 2024 to $143,337.00 in 2025) with the single largest disbursement, $23,162.25, posted 2025-11-04, one day before the off-year election.
    fec.gov
  • Bradley Impact Fund disbursed $244.5M across 1,835 cash grants (2013-2024), concentrating 51.9% in its top 10 recipients and escalating Turning Point USA funding ~59x from $251K (2019) to $14.8M (2021).
    exposedbycmd.org
  • CRC Advisors is the #1 centrality hub ($100M financial in-degree) in the 990 graph BUT only $45K in direct FEC Schedule B reporting, confirming it is paid via c4 grants, not committee disbursements
    bloomberg.com
  • Brad Parscale (Trump 2020 campaign manager) operated a documented web of at least 13 shell companies, all subpoenaed by Smith, that the Trump campaign paid through American Made Media Consultants (AMMC) to obscure spending
    grassley.senate.gov
  • Ten-firm Republican ad/mail/media-buy vendor oligopoly absorbs the conservative dark-money pipeline at the wholesale layer
    opensecrets.org
  • 9Seven Consulting and AxCapital, LLC are captive compliance vendors to the Datwyler 676-committee book; 9Seven files from Datwyler's own PO Box 183, Hudson WI 54016-0183
    nevadanewsandviews.com
  • 9Seven Consulting is a degree-340 hub in FEC space ($4.1M / 340 GOP committees / 3,239 transactions 2019-2025) but completely invisible to the resolved entity/centrality graph

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