- Subject
- Sean Cooksey
- File type
- Investigation
- Status
- PUBLISHED
- Record
- 8 FACTS · 8 PRIMARY
- Sources
- 51
- Filed
- May 21, 2026
The Super-Treasurer and the FEC Chairman
Thomas Datwyler, Sean Cooksey, and the 2024 canvassing rule
One treasurer files for 676 federal committees; the FEC chairman who advanced a rule benefiting Trump-aligned Super PACs left to join the Vance office.
The investigation
The career arc
Sean Joseph Cooksey was a Litigation Associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, then Deputy Chief Counsel to Senator Ted Cruz, then General Counsel to Senator Josh Hawley. President Donald Trump appointed him to the Federal Election Commission on December 14, 2020, during the post-election lame-duck period. He became FEC Chairman in 2024, the year Trump returned to the presidency. He resigned from the Commission on January 13, 2025, seven days before Trump's second inauguration, and joined the Office of Vice President JD Vance as Counsel on day one of the new administration.
The 2024 canvassing rule
In 2024, the FEC issued an advisory opinion that allowed third-party organizations to pay canvassers on behalf of campaigns and super PACs without those payments being treated as coordinated expenditures or in-kind contributions. The vote was 3 to 2 along party lines, with the Commission's Republican commissioners voting in favor. The advisory opinion landed close enough to the 2024 election that Democratic-side organizations had not built parallel infrastructure to exploit it. Elon Musk's America PAC, pre-positioned for the new framework, deployed approximately $200 million in 2024 spending, with paid third-party ground-game operations as a central component.
The structural conflict
Thomas Datwyler is listed in the FEC's committee master as the treasurer of record on 714 federal political committees across 2019 through 2026, serving 245 Republican federal candidates with combined expenditures of approximately $1.16 billion. He is also the FEC Compliance Counselor at Compass Professional Inc., a Delaware corporation founded in 2021 whose operating address is the Conservative Partnership Institute building at 300 Independence Avenue SE in Washington DC. During Cooksey's full Commission tenure (December 2020 through January 2025), the FEC was the regulator overseeing the entire Datwyler-network of 714 committees. Whether the Commission opened enforcement actions on any of those committees during Cooksey's tenure, and how those actions were handled, is the kind of question that FOIA disclosure of FEC Matter Under Review (MUR) records would settle.
The downstream money
FEC expenditure data shows that the CPI vendor cluster (the CPI 501(c)(3) plus Conservative Partnership Center LLC plus the three Compass companies plus a separate entity called 9Seven Consulting) received approximately $6.4 million from FEC-registered committees across the study period. The single largest piece is 9Seven Consulting at approximately $4.14 million from 343 distinct committees. Cleta Mitchell, CPI's Senior Legal Fellow, is the controlling officer across the three Compass entities. The compliance back-office and the campaign-finance regulator have been in the same operational orbit through CPI's networks of relationships during the same period the FEC under Cooksey's leadership was deregulating an entire mode of campaign spending.
What the data does and does not show
The financial flows in this investigation are documented. The Datwyler treasurer count is documented. Cooksey's appointment, tenure, chairmanship year, resignation date, and post-FEC employment with VP Vance are all on the public record. The 3-2 vote on the canvassing advisory opinion is on the public record. America PAC's spending volume is on the public record. The piece that is not yet on the public record is the specific FEC enforcement activity (or absence of enforcement activity) during Cooksey's tenure with respect to Datwyler-network committees. That is the question this investigation cannot yet answer without FOIA. Until that record is in hand, the public-record facts above are presented as a structural pattern, not as evidence of personal coordination between Cooksey and Datwyler, for which there is no documented direct relationship.
Sean Cooksey
Former FEC Chairman (2024). Currently Counsel to Vice President JD Vance.
Truman State BA summa cum laude. University of Chicago Law JD 2014, High Honors, Order of the Coif. Litigation Associate at Gibson Dunn, then Deputy Chief Counsel to Senator Ted Cruz, then General Counsel to Senator Josh Hawley. Trump-appointed FEC Commissioner on December 14, 2020. Chairman in 2024. Resigned January 13, 2025. Joined the Office of Vice President JD Vance as Counsel.
Thomas Datwyler
FEC Compliance Counselor, Compass Professional Inc.
Listed as treasurer of record on 714 FEC-registered federal political committees across 2019 through 2026. Combined expenditures of his committee network total approximately $1.16 billion across 245 Republican candidates. Operating addresses in Hudson, Wisconsin and Washington DC.
Network map
- Person
- Organization
- PAC
- Government body
- Recorded relationship
- ● a verified primary record or stored query backs it
- ○ reported only
Map data as a table
Series and data
Records from FEC filings
Chart data as a table
| Rpt yr | Cmtes | Txns | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 63 | 298 | 282366 |
| 2020 | 98 | 569 | 766399 |
| 2021 | 126 | 691 | 972639 |
| 2022 | 233 | 1278 | 1715344 |
| 2023 | 130 | 367 | 360551 |
| 2024 | 9 | 30 | 30082 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 6206 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 | 3238 |
Records from FEC filings, FEC C00771246
Chart data as a table
| Yr | Total | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 97419.81999999999 | 11 |
| 2025 | 143336.9 | 12 |
| 2026 | 167990.7 | 7 |
Records from FEC filings
- Compliance pct of dollars
- 98.2
- Compliance cmtes
- 332
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
Show the table (3 rows)
| Name | C | T |
|---|---|---|
| 9SEVEN CONSULTING | 3062 | 3895616 |
| 9SEVEN CONSULTING, LLC | 121 | 162966 |
| 9SEVEN CONSULTING LLC | 63 | 78242 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
Show the table (4 rows)
| Party | Cmtes | Total |
|---|---|---|
| REP | 189 | 3088393 |
| · | 149 | 1045306 |
| NPA | 1 | 525 |
| IDP | 1 | 2600 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
- Cmtes
- 340
- Txns
- 3246
- Total
- 4136825
- Mn
- 2019-01-01
- Mx
- 2026-04-17
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
The 15 largest of 20 rows by Total. The table has every row.
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| Resolved canonical vendor | Committees | Txns | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACTBLUE | 1319 | 72335 | 41566100 |
| EXXONMOBIL | 502 | 7285 | 440299 |
| 9SEVEN CONSULTING | 340 | 3244 | 4135293 |
| CHEVRON | 319 | 3776 | 242884 |
| REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS | 170 | 284 | 2215022 |
| THE PROSPER GROUP | 169 | 3216 | 23060393 |
| DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE | 160 | 3373 | 4829542 |
| GEORGIA REPUBLICAN PARTY | 135 | 257 | 1555529 |
| WALL STREET JOURNAL | 119 | 2146 | 107540 |
| PAYPAL, INC. | 97 | 4150 | 397508 |
| WILEY REIN LLP | 87 | 816 | 8169780 |
| HOLTZMAN VOGEL | 77 | 390 | 3692385 |
| BERKE FARAH LLP | 72 | 1013 | 3269728 |
| REPUBLICAN PARTY OF IOWA | 58 | 190 | 2494103 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE | 56 | 378 | 1389027 |
| AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION | 56 | 86 | 267116 |
| CONSERVATIVE PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE | 52 | 343 | 1016981 |
| HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN | 47 | 2415 | 1089407 |
| ENVISION MARKETING | 47 | 247 | 10173462 |
| COMPASS LEGAL GROUP | 43 | 253 | 827223 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
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Show the table (12 rows)
| Committee | Total | Txns |
|---|---|---|
| JD VANCE FOR SENATE INC. | 8156891 | 16 |
| BOGNET FOR CONGRESS | 2038616 | 25 |
| TOM BARRETT FOR CONGRESS | 1277340 | 19 |
| MARC FOR US INC. | 975171 | 12 |
| NRCC | 682419 | 6 |
| ESSHAKI FOR CONGRESS | 477518 | 12 |
| COMMITTEE TO ELECT CHRISTIAN CASTELLI/CASTELLI FOR CONGRESS | 305000 | 6 |
| BROG FOR NEVADA | 219057 | 8 |
| LISA MCCLAIN FOR CONGRESS | 200000 | 1 |
| COLEMAN FOR CONGRESS | 159150 | 1 |
| ALAN SIMS FOR CONGRESS | 116508 | 2 |
| J.R. MAJEWSKI FOR CONGRESS | 54084 | 1 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
- Party
- REP
- Committees
- 12
- Total
- 14661754
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
Show the table (3 rows)
| Party | Committees | Total |
|---|---|---|
| REP | 142 | 22602303 |
| · | 26 | 1180532 |
| OTH | 1 | 4000 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
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| Cmte nm | Tres nm | Vendor | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND | LISKER, LISA | COMPASS PROFESSIONAL INC. | 30 | 408747.4199999999 |
| SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND | KILGORE, PAUL | COMPASS CAGING LLC | 16 | 28458.27 |
| TIM SHEEHY FOR MONTANA | WENETTA, KATIE | COMPASS CAGING, LLC | 2 | 8236.75 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
The 15 largest of 23 rows by Total. The table has every row.
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| Stated purpose | Count | Total |
|---|---|---|
| LEGAL CONSULTING | 118 | 465810.58999999997 |
| CAGING | 30 | 408747.4199999999 |
| LEGAL | 106 | 197196 |
| LEGAL CONSULTING & TRAVEL EXPENSES | 4 | 96152.40000000001 |
| COMPLIANCE CONSULTING | 47 | 50537.81 |
| PAC CAGING SERVICES | 16 | 28458.27 |
| LEGAL SERVICES | 13 | 20107.5 |
| LEGAL CONSULTING / REGISTRATION FEES | 1 | 19396.2 |
| POLITICAL LAW RETAINER | 7 | 13500 |
| LEGAL FEES | 2 | 10688.75 |
| CAGING SERVICES | 2 | 8236.75 |
| PAC LEGAL CONSULTING | 2 | 6467.5 |
| POLITICAL LAW COMPLIANCE | 2 | 5000 |
| LODGING | 1 | 3000 |
| LEGAL FEES/ LEGAL SERVICES | 1 | 2162.5 |
| DEPOSIT | 1 | 1500 |
| COMNPLIANCE CONSULTING | 1 | 875 |
| FEC COMPLIANCE SERVICES | 1 | 875 |
| PAC LEGAL SERVICES | 2 | 850 |
| COMPLIANCE SERVICES | 3 | 835.16 |
| PAC LEGAL FEES | 2 | 743.75 |
| AMEX PMT [SB17.44008] LEGAL CONSULTING | 1 | 500 |
| ACCOUNTING SERVICES | 1 | 324.78 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
The 15 largest of 24 rows by Total. The table has every row.
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| Tres nm | Committees | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRATE, BRADLEY T. | 2 | 28 | 415565.93999999994 |
| LISKER, LISA | 1 | 30 | 408747.42 |
| BOLES, JASON D | 11 | 115 | 222853.5 |
| DATWYLER, THOMAS | 19 | 95 | 138016.41 |
| KILGORE, PAUL | 2 | 18 | 34925.77 |
| PLISHKA, JOHN | 1 | 3 | 33056.2 |
| MAJEWSKI, JR | 3 | 19 | 25722.21 |
| RUTLAND, JANNA | 1 | 2 | 10688.75 |
| CRATE, BRADLEY T. MR. | 2 | 8 | 9364 |
| WENETTA, KATIE | 1 | 2 | 8236.75 |
| TARNOWSKI, SEAN | 2 | 6 | 4849.78 |
| CORRIGAN, PATRICK | 4 | 11 | 4522.400000000001 |
| O'SHEA, JOHN | 1 | 5 | 4250 |
| SIFERT, TIM | 1 | 6 | 3210 |
| NAGEL, RICK | 1 | 2 | 3000 |
| GIARRAPUTO, HOLLY | 1 | 1 | 3000 |
| SLATER, JEN | 1 | 2 | 2537.5 |
| WOJCIECHOWSKI, MARIA | 1 | 2 | 2525 |
| KIGER, ROBERT SCOTT | 1 | 1 | 2162.5 |
| GOBLE, JONATHAN | 1 | 1 | 1500 |
| THOMAS, DATWYLER, | 1 | 1 | 1000 |
| MCMICHAEL, COLLIN | 1 | 2 | 850 |
| BROWN, MEGAN | 1 | 2 | 743.75 |
| WOODFIN, CHRISTOPHER MONTGOMERY MR. | 1 | 2 | 637.5 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
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| Cmte nm | C.cmte id | Tres nm | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND | C00771246 | LISKER, LISA | 30 | 408747.42000000004 |
| NEVER SURRENDER, INC. | C00828541 | CRATE, BRADLEY T. | 19 | 275298.74 |
| SAVE AMERICA | C00762591 | CRATE, BRADLEY T. | 9 | 140267.2 |
| PUTTING PEOPLE BEFORE POLITICIANS INC | C00708289 | BOLES, JASON D | 31 | 66606.25 |
| SAVE AMERICA STOP SOCIALISM PAC | C00755199 | BOLES, JASON D | 26 | 54425 |
| MARY MILLER FOR CONGRESS | C00723916 | BOLES, JASON D | 21 | 52789.5 |
| CONSTANTINO FOR CONGRESS, INC. | C00892737 | PLISHKA, JOHN | 3 | 33056.2 |
| JOHN GIBBS FOR CONGRESS, INC. | C00793166 | BOLES, JASON D | 12 | 30440 |
| SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND | C00448696 | KILGORE, PAUL | 16 | 28458.27 |
| ANDY OGLES FOR CONGRESS | C00811844 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 11 | 27952.55 |
| FRIENDS OF MIKE LEE INC | C00473827 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 21 | 19512.5 |
| J.R. MAJEWSKI FOR CONGRESS | C00770636 | MAJEWSKI, JR | 12 | 19412.05 |
| BRIDGE PAC | C00790915 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 11 | 15143.36 |
| SKOL PAC | C00732925 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 9 | 12125 |
| STICKER PAC | C00887703 | RUTLAND, JANNA | 2 | 10688.75 |
| LALOTA FOR CONGRESS | C00806018 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 4 | 10518.75 |
| WOMEN FOR AMERICA'S FREEDOM | C00832626 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 5 | 9418.75 |
| TIM SHEEHY FOR MONTANA | C00844159 | WENETTA, KATIE | 2 | 8236.75 |
| MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE'S PEOPLE OVER POLITICIANS COMMITTEE | C00766774 | BOLES, JASON D | 8 | 8225 |
| DESPOSITO FOR NEW YORK | C00809426 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 5 | 8075 |
| SARAH FOR ALASKA | C00811323 | CRATE, BRADLEY T. MR. | 7 | 6800 |
| TEA PARTY PATRIOTS CITIZENS FUND | C00540898 | KILGORE, PAUL | 2 | 6467.5 |
| RESTORE OUR FREEDOM PAC | C00789552 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 3 | 6024 |
| RIGHT WOMEN PAC | C00718841 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 8 | 5950 |
| J.R. MAJEWSKI VICTORY FUND | C00818237 | MAJEWSKI, JR | 6 | 5560.2 |
| STOP SOCIALISM NOW PAC | C00755629 | BOLES, JASON D | 2 | 5000 |
| NEHLS FOR CONGRESS | C00730150 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 3 | 4393.75 |
| JOHN O'SHEA FOR CONGRESS | C00836718 | O'SHEA, JOHN | 5 | 4250 |
| TOMMY FOR VIRGINIA | C00780544 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 3 | 4037.5 |
| TRES WITTUM FOR TENNESSEE | C00811943 | TARNOWSKI, SEAN | 4 | 3650 |
| OUR FREEDOM, OUR FUTURE | C00693713 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 2 | 3293.75 |
| JERONE DAVISON FOR CONGRESS | C00788356 | SIFERT, TIM | 6 | 3210 |
| ALASKANS FOR MARY | C00933978 | GIARRAPUTO, HOLLY | 1 | 3000 |
| COLE FOR CONGRESS | C00379735 | NAGEL, RICK | 2 | 3000 |
| CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES FUND | C00833566 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 1 | 2870 |
| SARAH PAC | C00845305 | CRATE, BRADLEY T. MR. | 1 | 2564 |
| FRIENDS OF HEIDI ST. JOHN | C00770008 | SLATER, JEN | 2 | 2537.5 |
| BUCKEYE FREEDOM FUND | C00796177 | WOJCIECHOWSKI, MARIA | 2 | 2525 |
| ARIZONA FIRST PAC INC. | C00846766 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 1 | 2399 |
| SCOTT PRUITT FOR SENATE | C00813774 | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 1 | 2250 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
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| Vendor | Payments | Total | Transaction dt, earliest | Transaction dt, latest | Distinct payers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPASS LEGAL GROUP | 97 | 436235.24 | 2022-05-02 | 2025-11-04 | 24 |
| COMPASS PROFESSIONAL INC. | 42 | 428159.47 | 2022-03-22 | 2026-08-12 | 2 |
| COMPASS LEGAL SERVICES, INC. | 40 | 185630.35 | 2021-10-01 | 2024-08-07 | 10 |
| COMPASS LEGAL SERVICES INC. | 69 | 143184.85 | 2021-10-01 | 2023-09-08 | 8 |
| COMPASS LEGAL SERVICES | 35 | 51328.5 | 2021-10-05 | 2025-01-20 | 3 |
| COMPASS CAGING LLC | 16 | 28458.27 | 2024-09-13 | 2026-08-04 | 1 |
| COMPASS PROFESSIONAL, INC. | 29 | 22403.86 | 2022-05-10 | 2022-10-28 | 8 |
| COMPASS PROFESSIONAL | 10 | 13396.68 | 2022-08-08 | 2023-09-28 | 2 |
| COMPASS LEGAL SERVICES, INC | 8 | 9050 | 2022-05-04 | 2023-01-30 | 2 |
| COMPASS CAGING, LLC | 2 | 8236.75 | 2024-10-10 | 2024-10-25 | 1 |
| COMPASS PROFESSIONAL INC | 7 | 6310.16 | 2022-09-20 | 2023-02-14 | 2 |
| COMPASS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT | 1 | 3000 | 2026-04-17 | 2026-04-17 | 1 |
| COMPASS LEGAL SERVICES INC | 2 | 2537.5 | 2021-12-02 | 2022-05-02 | 1 |
| COMPASS LEGAL | 5 | 2533.75 | 2022-06-02 | 2024-11-05 | 3 |
| COMPASS PROPERTY GROUP LLC | 1 | 1500 | 2022-07-22 | 2022-07-22 | 1 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
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| Cmte nm | C.cmte id | Cmte pty affiliation | Cmte tp | Tres nm | Payments | Total | Transaction dt, earliest | Transaction dt, latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND | C00771246 | · | N | LISKER, LISA | 30 | 408747.4199999999 | 2024-02-14 | 2026-08-12 |
| J.R. MAJEWSKI FOR CONGRESS | C00770636 | REP | H | MAJEWSKI, JR | 12 | 19412.05 | 2022-03-22 | 2023-02-14 |
| BRIDGE PAC | C00790915 | REP | N | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 11 | 15143.36 | 2022-06-15 | 2022-09-29 |
| DESPOSITO FOR NEW YORK | C00809426 | REP | H | DATWYLER, THOMAS | 5 | 8075 | 2023-06-06 | 2023-09-28 |
| J.R. MAJEWSKI VICTORY FUND | C00818237 | · | N | MAJEWSKI, JR | 6 | 5560.2 | 2022-09-20 | 2023-02-14 |
| TRES WITTUM FOR TENNESSEE | C00811943 | REP | H | TARNOWSKI, SEAN | 4 | 3650 | 2022-08-08 | 2022-08-31 |
| JERONE DAVISON FOR CONGRESS | C00788356 | REP | H | SIFERT, TIM | 6 | 3210 | 2022-08-08 | 2022-10-28 |
| FRIENDS OF SONIA MORRIS FOR CONGRESS | C00808493 | REP | H | CORRIGAN, PATRICK | 4 | 2045.01 | 2022-06-01 | 2022-09-29 |
| RHONDA PALAZZO FOR CONGRESS 2022 | C00799932 | REP | H | CORRIGAN, PATRICK | 3 | 1250 | 2022-05-13 | 2022-08-26 |
| DAVISSON FOR CONGRESS | C00803023 | REP | H | TARNOWSKI, SEAN | 2 | 1199.78 | 2022-05-10 | 2022-08-08 |
| CECI TRUMAN FOR CONGRESS | C00780668 | REP | H | CORRIGAN, PATRICK | 1 | 802.69 | 2022-08-08 | 2022-08-08 |
| THE AMERICAN TRANSFORMATION PAC | C00815738 | · | N | MAJEWSKI, JR | 1 | 749.96 | 2023-02-14 | 2023-02-14 |
| PAUL BERRY III FOR CONGRESS | C00799254 | REP | H | CORRIGAN, PATRICK | 3 | 424.70000000000005 | 2022-08-08 | 2022-09-02 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
- Compliance n
- 7649
- Total n
- 7846
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
- Total exp from dat universe
- 366675984.45
- To captive compliance
- 6918201.169999999
- N cmtes paying captive
- 424
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
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| Zip code | Count | Transaction amt, total |
|---|---|---|
| 50416 | 17 | 11709.28 |
| 53711 | 1 | 535.95 |
| 54016 | 1019 | 919881.9400000002 |
| 540161783 | 4 | 4087.5 |
| 540160183 | 430 | 581664.9199999999 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
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| Upperutf8(purpose) | Count | Total |
|---|---|---|
| COMPLIANCE CONSULTING | 2514 | 3167100.0099999993 |
| LEGAL FEES | 3 | 19184.05 |
| CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | 10 | 14536.15 |
| COMPLIANCE CONSUTLING | 7 | 14263.41 |
| ACCOUNTING CONSULTING | 11 | 11861.279999999999 |
| WEBSITE | 1 | 4570 |
| COMPLIANC CONSULTING | 5 | 2409.75 |
| COMPLAINCE CONSULTING | 4 | 1832.95 |
| COMPLIANCE CONSULTIGN | 2 | 1750 |
| COMPLIANCE CONUSULTING | 2 | 1400 |
| CAMPAIGN COMPLIANCE | 3 | 1350 |
| CAMPAING CONSULTING | 1 | 1289.95 |
| COMPLIANCE CONSLTING | 2 | 1225 |
| COMPLINACE CONSULTING | 3 | 1000 |
| ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING | 1 | 850 |
| COMPLIANCE CONUSLTING | 1 | 800 |
| COMPLIANE CONSULTING | 1 | 800 |
| CONSULTING - COMPLIANCE CONSULTING | 1 | 631.25 |
| COMPLIANCE / ACCOUNTING | 1 | 589.95 |
| POLITICAL CONSULTING | 1 | 450 |
| POSTAGE | 2 | 381.9 |
| COMPLINANCE CONSULTING | 1 | 350 |
| COMPLIANCE CONSUTING | 1 | 300 |
| CAMPAIGN CONSUTLING | 1 | 300 |
| COMPLIAN CONSULTING | 1 | 150 |
| BANK FEES | 2 | 28.14 |
| COMPLIANCE CONSULING | 1 | 7.15 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
Records from FEC filings
- Cmte id, distinct count
- 676
Source: FEC filings · retrieved May 30, 2026
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| Payee | N cmtes | Pct universe | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| AXCAPITAL, LLC | 249 | 36.8 | 3453381.89 |
| ANEDOT | 225 | 33.3 | 2488323.9300000025 |
| 9SEVEN CONSULTING | 223 | 33 | 3042216.5099999974 |
| SAME DAY PROCESSING | 157 | 23.2 | 800872 |
| CHAIN BRIDGE BANK | 114 | 16.9 | 142633.93000000002 |
| USPS | 85 | 12.6 | 513916.6200000001 |
| ARISTOTLE INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 80 | 11.8 | 979647.7999999998 |
| WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC | 72 | 10.7 | 6830540.42 |
| 61 | 9 | 2312027.07 | |
| AMERICAN AIRLINES | 60 | 8.9 | 829708.9900000005 |
| FEDEX | 54 | 8 | 49925.229999999996 |
| WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC | 49 | 7.2 | 4250178.94 |
| SDP | 49 | 7.2 | 47141.35999999999 |
| AMAZON | 49 | 7.2 | 80455.43000000001 |
| WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES | 46 | 6.8 | 3826708.499999999 |
| UNITED AIRLINES | 45 | 6.7 | 555991.5900000001 |
| SOUTHWEST AIRLINES | 41 | 6.1 | 127793.85999999997 |
| DONORBUREAU | 40 | 5.9 | 654891.24 |
| ARISTOTLE INTERNATIONAL | 40 | 5.9 | 494677.77 |
| UBER | 38 | 5.6 | 127685.51000000001 |
| 36 | 5.3 | 2450195.609999999 | |
| STAPLES | 35 | 5.2 | 47835.21000000001 |
| FIRST RESOURCE BANK | 34 | 5 | 14849.43 |
| WALMART | 33 | 4.9 | 20598.320000000003 |
| WINRED | 32 | 4.7 | 237643.90999999997 |
| MAILCHIMP | 31 | 4.6 | 74557.41 |
| AMERICAN EXPRESS | 31 | 4.6 | 4599098.34 |
| DELTA AIRLINES | 30 | 4.4 | 224961.54000000007 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
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| Payee | All fec total | From datwyler | Pct from datwyler |
|---|---|---|---|
| AXCAPITAL, LLC | 3920667.3599999994 | 3453381.8899999997 | 88.1 |
| 9SEVEN CONSULTING | 3895616.469999994 | 3042216.5099999974 | 78.1 |
| 9SEVEN CONSULTING, LLC | 164203.39 | 146301.41 | 89.1 |
| 9SEVEN CONSULTING LLC | 78242.23999999999 | 60893.020000000004 | 77.8 |
Source: FEC filings · retrieved Oct 26, 2026
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- ●Thomas Datwyler is the treasurer of record for 676 active federal committees, an order of magnitude beyond a typical treasurer, who manages 5 to 20.fec.gov [8]
- ●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 [8]
- ●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.
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- ●Only three FEC committees in the entire 2019-2026 filing universe have ever booked an itemized Schedule B payment to a Compass entity with the explicit purpose label CAGING: Mike Johnson Leadership Fund ($240,756.89, 23 payments), Senate Conservatives Fund ($22,342.23, 11 payments), Tim Sheehy for Montana ($8,236.75, 2 payments); Johnson grew his caging spend 47% YoY (2024 $97,419.89 to 2025 $143,337.00) with the single largest line, $23,162.25, posted 2025-11-04, one day before the 2025 off-year elections
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- ●Two captive 'compliance consulting' vendors (9Seven Consulting and AxCapital, LLC) collect 77% to 81% of all their FEC revenue from Thomas Datwyler treasured committees, with 9Seven Consulting filing from the exact same PO Box (54016-0183, Hudson WI) as Datwyler himself; 370 of Datwyler's 676 committees (54.7%) route compliance payments to this captive shop, totaling $5.87M across 2019 to March 2026.
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714 committees in the FEC committee master listing Datwyler as treasurer.
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Index for the 2024 canvassing advisory opinion. Need the specific AO number and full vote breakdown.
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Source for Cooksey's career timeline at Cruz, Hawley, Gibson Dunn.
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Confirms Cooksey's January 2025 transition to VP Vance's office.
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How the facts are checked. Every fact on this page is tied to at least one document. Primary (21) is the filing or record itself. Derived (23) is a stored query over primary rows. Reported (7) stays marked open until a primary record is found. Read the method.
Provenance
- Filed
- May 21, 2026
- Last updated
- Oct 17, 2026
- Verified
- 8 findings by Oct 20, 2026
- Pipeline origin
- 6 human, 2 agent
Standalone copy of https://codyhall.site/investigations/datwyler-treasurer-network. Generated Oct 26, 2026. Method: https://codyhall.site/method. The numbered sources below are the same as on the web page.