Democracy Alliance Pledges to Keep Donors Secret

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Free Beacon:

A shadowy club of ultra-rich liberal donors assured contributors at a recent closed-door meeting that it will not disclose their involvement if they wish it to remain secret.

 

The Democracy Alliance says opacity in political funding and the influence of “big money” is corrosive to the democratic process, but the group currently discloses nothing about the hundreds of millions of dollars it steers to leading liberal and Democratic organizations.

 

It is now discussing steps to increase transparency of its operations, according to internal documents from the organization’s November conference obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. However, it insists it will keep key information from public view.

 

The Alliance is assuring donors that DA will not reveal their work in steering massive sums to major political groups.

 

“The Democracy Alliance has assured its Partners from the beginning that their participation will not be made public by us, and our legal structure was designed, among other reasons, to protect that promise,” the group said in briefing materials for its “Partner Forum.”

 

“A number of partners, for various reasons … will wish to remain unidentified, and the DA will continue to respect these wishes,” it assured donors.