Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in political campaigns.

Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance’s appearance at a far-right Christian revival tour last month may have broken tax and election laws, experts say.

On Sept. 28, Vance held an official campaign event in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, in partnership with the Courage Tour, a series of swing-state rallies hosted by a pro-Trump Christian influencer that combine prayer, public speakers, tutorials on how to become a poll worker and get-out-the-vote programming.

Even before the Vance event, ProPublica previously reported that tax experts believed Ziklag’s 2024 election-related efforts could be in violation of tax law. The Vance event, they said, raised even more red flags about whether a tax-exempt charity had improperly benefited the Trump-Vance campaign.

  • Flying Squid
    85•2 months ago

    Throw it on the pile of laws the Trump campaign and its supporters have violated that nothing will be done about, I guess.

    • themeatbridge
      35•2 months ago

      I sincerely hope that after the election, all of their crimes are prosecuted to the fullest extent. Nobody should be immune to the law simply because they shoot the moon and overwhelm the legal machinery.

      • Flying Squid
        31•2 months ago

        We had that hope about a lot of people after the last election, from January 6th insurrectionists to Trump himself. So I won’t be holding my breath.

      • snooggumsEnglish
        22•2 months ago

        Being held accountable for trying to overthrow the government has gone swell.