Watchdog groups launching “transparency” lawsuits over President Donald Trump‘s government-wide effort to slash federal spending can thank tens of millions of dollars in “dark money” funding for helping to keep their lights on, records show.
On Monday, Trump and his new administration were hit with a flurry of lawsuits from left-wing groups, including the likes of VoteVets Action Fund, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Public Citizen, and the State Democracy Defenders Fund. In the telling of the plaintiffs, Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency should be considered a federal advisory committee, which stipulates certain transparency requirements such as public disclosure of taxpayer-funded meetings.
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