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A watchdog group says legislation presented by Gov. Kristi Noem as a nonprofit protection effort could hide political contributions.
Noem sent her lawyer, Mark Miller, to testify on the bill during legislative committee hearings.
“What is this bill about? It’s really about the American way of life,” Miller told a House committee.
Miller said privacy is a fundamentally democratic principle. He gave the example of Thomas Paine, who anonymously inspired American revolutionaries with his pamphlet called “Common Sense,” and several Founding Fathers, who wrote the Federalist Papers under the pen name “Publius.”
“They wanted their privacy, and even then, at the nation’s founding, they were entitled to it,” Miller said.
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Harassment allegations against co-founder John Weaver and new revelations about spending practices raise significant questions about the management of the Trump antagonist.
An AP investigation found the PAC s leadership were told in June 2020 that John Weaver (left) was targeting two staff and other men, but took no immediate action. Leaders include Steve Schmidt (r).
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