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Sean
Noble is
the
Executive
Director/President
of
American
Encore,
formerly
known as
the
Center
to
Protect
Patient
Rights (CPPR),
a
501(c)4
conduit
for the
Koch
donors
network.
The New
York
Times
has
described
the CPPR
as "one
of the
largest
political
nonprofits
in the
country,
serving
as a
conduit
for tens
of
millions
of
dollars
in
political
spending,
much of
it
raised
by the
Kochs
and
their
political
operation."
... The
CPPR
funneled
more
than
$182
million
in
undisclosed
donations
to
right-wing
advocacy
groups
from
2009 to
2012,
including
Americans
for
Prosperity
and the
American
Future
Fund.[2]
The
Washington
Post
described
it as a
"major
cash
turnstile
for
groups
on the
right
during
the past
two
election
cycles,"
because
it
received
large
amounts
of money
from
Freedom
Partners
and TC4
Trust as
part of
the $400
million
Koch
political
network.
...
Under
Noble's
presidency,
the CPPR
was
involved
in an
$11
million
campaign
finance
money
laundering
scheme
during
the 2012
elections
in
California,
eventually
reaching
a
settlement
with the
California
Attorney
General's
Office
in which
it
agreed
to pay a
$500,000
fine.
...
According
to a
2014
ProPublica
report,
the
scandal
damaged
Noble:
"Noble
appears
to have
lost his
central
position
in the
Koch
empire,
undone
by poor
election
results
and a
California
investigation
that
shined
an
unwelcome
light on
some of
the
Center’s
inner
workings."
...
Prior to
2009,
Noble
was a
Congressional
aide and
then GOP
consultant
who
served
as the
Chief of
Staff
for
Congressman
John
Shadegg
(R-AZ)
for over
a
decade.
...
Noble
also
maintains
a
personal
blog,
Noble
Thinking,
where he
writes
mainly
about
politics. |
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Citizens For Responsibility And Ethics In Washington Congratulates May's Scoundrel Of The Month: Sean Noble |
May, 2018 |
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FEC Dark Money Fine Shows Limits of Disclosure (Again) |
"Sean Noble,
was engaged in the selection of which races should be
targeted, and his firm, Noble Associates, was
sub-contracted to “produce and develop” some of the ads.
Noble’s substantial involvement in content selection for
the ads and race targeting was sufficient grounds for
the FEC to find that the contributions should have been
disclosed as if they were earmarked" |
Jul. 14, 2016 |
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Koch-Linked Operative Mum On Millions Missing From Az Group |
"Sean Noble — a
political consultant who was chosen by the Koch brothers
to quarterback their political efforts, and who signed
the Center to Protect Patient Rights’ tax return
disclosing the contribution under penalty of perjury —
is refusing to explain where the missing $1.6 million
went." |
Dec. 12, 2014 |
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American Encore: Sean Noble |
"“linchpin in one of the most
complex networks of dark money in the country,” a
network spearheaded by the Koch brothers" |
Apr. 22, 2014 |
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An Encore For The Center To Protect Patient Rights |
"Two documents
suggest the timing of the Center to Protect Patient
Rights’ metamorphosis into something called American
Encore ... California’s campaign finance agency found
that CPPR had engaged in “campaign money laundering”
with its involvement in channeling $15 million through
several nonprofits and into the bank accounts of two
California PACs working on ballot initiatives. The
findings, and the attention they drew, apparently
strained relations between the group’s president,
Phoenix-based political consultant Sean Noble, and its
backers, Charles and David Koch, who had helped to
corral donors over the years ... Noble’s troubles
mounted in late 2013 when CPPR filed its 2012 paperwork
with the IRS; it showed that Noble was sending tens of
millions of the group’s dollars to firms he controlled" |
Mar. 5,
2014 |
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The Dark Money Man: How Sean Noble Moved The Kochs’ Cash Into Politics And Made Millions |
Feb. 14, 2014 |
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At Least 1 In 4 Dark Money Dollars In 2012 Had Koch
Links |
"CPPR has
become a symbol of the post-Citizens United politics of
dark money. Headed by Sean Noble, a Republican
consultant in Arizona who has been described in legal
documents as the “wizard behind the screen” of the Koch
network, CPPR for years was the largest known dark money
conduit giving to nonprofits involved in federal
elections ... Noble was the lead contact for what
Republican operative Tony Russo called “a pretty
significant network of groups” linked to the Kochs in a
case in California that was settled recently." |
Dec. 3,
2013 |
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Donation By Ariz. Group Called ‘Money Laundering’ |
Nov. 6, 2012 |
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