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Make America Peachy Once again PAC
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Basic facts
Location: New York
Type: Super PAC
Top official: Mike Ciletti
Founder(s): Leslie Caldwell
Twelvemonth founded: 2015
Website: Official website
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Make America Great Again PAC (MAGA PAC) was a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC. It was established in July 2015 by Leslie Caldwell. The super PAC filed termination paperwork on July 6, 2016, with the FEC and refunded over a $1 one thousand thousand to its donors.[one] [ii]

Background

Founded in July 2015, Make America Bully Again PAC (MAGA PAC) was a pro-Donald Trump Super PAC established by Leslie Caldwell. According to the FEC Statement of System, Caldwell was the custodian of tape and treasurer.[iii]

In October 2015, the super PAC appear it intended to shut down. Mike Ciletti, the group's manager, said at the time, "Mr. Trump has said he doesn't take a super PAC. So to accolade his wishes, I'm shutting my organization downwardly."[iv] On July 6, 2016, MAGA PAC filed for termination with the FEC, effectively catastrophe the super PAC. The super PAC refunded $one,033,000 to its donors.[2] [1]

Finances

2016

According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Make America Bully Over again PAC reported $157,714 in total receipts and $109,350 in total disbursements during calendar year 2016 prior to filing for termination.[v]

2015

According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Brand America Great Once again PAC reported $i,742,684 in total receipts and $1,584,969 in total disbursements during calendar year 2015.[6]

Noteworthy donors

Phillip Ruffin, who contributed $one million, is the owner of Treasure Island Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, while Seryl Kushner, who gave $100,000 is Trump'southward daughter Ivanka Trump'due south female parent-in-law.[7] [8] The Washington Mail noted that "Make America Great Again somewhen refunded Ruffin's money and a few other contributions in Dec after spending about half a meg dollars on consulting, legal expenses, travel, polling and other costs."[1] Below is a listing of the height 5 donors in 2015.

Top five 2015 donors to MAGA PAC[9]
Proper noun Contribution amount
Phillip Ruffin $i,000,000
Andrew Aggravate $100,000
Michael Dezertov $100,000
Seryl Kushner $100,000
Phillip Pilevsky $100,000

Legal status

Make America Great Again PAC was a super PAC. A super PAC is a political committee that tin solicit and spend unlimited sums of coin. A super PAC cannot contribute directly to a politician or political party, but information technology can spend independently to entrada for or against political figures. These committees are also called independent expenditure-only committees. A super PAC is non legally considered a political action committee (PAC) and as such is regulated under split up rules.[10] [11]

Noteworthy events

Declared connections to Trump entrada

On October 20, 2015, The Washington Post reported that there were several connections between the super PAC and Trump's entrada.[12] Mike Ciletti, who was a consultant for the super PAC according to Politico, had also received payments from the Trump campaign for consulting work.[13] Such interaction is permissible by law, provided that precautions are taken to guarantee that no coordination takes place between the 2 organizations. The Washington Mail also reported that the super PAC used donor information obtained through the entrada to generate their own fundraising list.[13] [12]

In an interview on March 24, 2016, Stephanie Cegielski, a former spokeswoman for the grouping, stated, "I am glad [Trump] has brought more people to the political process but I question his ability to be the leader of this land."[xiv]

In an open letter on March 28, 2016, Cegielski explained why she no longer supported Trump:[15]

" I don't think even Trump thought he would get this far. And I don't even know that he wanted to, which is perhaps the scariest prospect of all. He certainly was never prepared or equipped to go all the fashion to the White House, just his ego has now taken over the commuter's seat, and zip else matters. ... His ego has now taken over the driver's seat, and goose egg else matters. The Donald does non fail. The Donald does not have any weakness. The Donald is his ain biggest enemy. ... Trump acts as if he's a fictional character. Simply like Hercules, Donald Trump is a work of fiction.[16] "

Recent news

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Encounter also

  • Donald Trump
  • Donald Trump presidential entrada, 2016
  • Super PAC
  • Republican presidential election super PACs, 2016

External links

  • Make America Slap-up Once more PAC, archived January 27, 2016

Footnotes

  1. one.0 1.1 1.two The Washington Post, "Longtime Trump friend seeded pro-Trump super PAC with $1 meg," February 4, 2016
  2. two.0 2.ane FEC, "Termination, Make America Great Once more PAC," accessed August 23, 2016
  3. FEC, "Argument of Organization," accessed October 20, 2015
  4. Politico, "Pro-Trump super PAC shuts downwardly," October 22, 2015
  5. Federal Election Commission, "Make America Great Again PAC Year-End Study, 2016," Feb 24, 2017
  6. Federal Election Committee, "Make America Neat Once more PAC Year-End Report, 2015," May 23, 2016
  7. Forbes, "Phillip Ruffin," accessed February 26, 2016
  8. The New York Times, "Donald Trump Pays a Visit to His Non-So-Poor Relations," August 23, 2015
  9. Open Secrets, "Make America Peachy Again PAC," accessed October 24, 2016
  10. The Atlantic, "The New York Times' Disingenuous Campaign Confronting Citizens United," February 24, 2012
  11. The New York Times, "Who's Financing the 'Super PACs?" May seven, 2012
  12. 12.0 12.ane The Washington Mail, "The inside story of Trump campaign's connections to a big-coin super PAC," Oct 18, 2015
  13. 13.0 xiii.i Politico, "Trump attended large-donor fundraiser last month," Baronial 23, 2015
  14. Gratuitous Beacon, "Former Pro-Trump Operative Disavows GOP Frontrunner," March 24, 2016
  15. XOJane, "An Open up Letter to Trump Voters from His Superlative Strategist-Turned-Defector," March 28, 2016
  16. Annotation: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.