Koch World 2014

Koch World 2014



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But several sources suggested that Freedom Partners’ growth and
expansion into a more central strategic role within the network means
that the roles — and possibly funding — of the Center to Protect Patient
Rights and other groups in the network will diminish. In other words,
Freedom Partners will bring in-house many Koch network functions that
had been outsourced. That could reduce the chances of a repeat of
situations like that which the Center to Protect Patient Rights and one
of its beneficiary nonprofits found themselves in California, where they
paid $1 million
last year to settle an investigation into alleged campaign finance
violations. The settlement stipulated that the violation “was
inadvertent, or at worst negligent,” but the investigation brought
unwanted attention to the Kochs, who repeatedly stressed that they had no involvement in the matter and distanced themselves from the operative who ran the Center to Protect Patient Rights, Sean Noble, explaining that he was just a consultant.




Freedom Partners, by contrast, is run by Marc Short, a former Koch
employee, and staffed by other Koch loyalists, although Koch Industries issued a statement
saying the group “operates independently of Koch Industries.” The
group, established in November 2011, is technically a business league,
and its members pay at least $100,000 in annual dues. “Our membership
has grown out of concern that the administration’s policies are hurting
Americans by crippling businesses and our economy,” Davis said. The
growth has continued since the 2012 election, he said, adding that the
group is in the process of expanding its 50-employee staff.

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