Sean Noble:

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
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
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
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
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
The Dark Money Man: How Sean Noble Moved The Kochs’ Cash Into Politics And Made Millions
Feb. 14, 2014
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
Donation By Ariz. Group Called ‘Money Laundering’
Nov. 6, 2012

 

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