America Rising
America Rising is a United States political action committee (PAC) that produces opposition research on Democratic Party members.[1] It has been called the “unofficial research arm of the Republican Party” by the Wall Street Journal.[2]
Organization
America Rising was founded in March 2013 by
America Rising shares its office space and multiple current and former executives with Definers Public Affairs, an opposition research firm, and NTK Network, a digital news aggregator.[7]
2014 Senate races
In the
The campaign of Alaska U.S. Senator
Trump administration
America Rising Squared, a non-profit division of America Rising oversaw the targeting of environmental advocates such as Bill McKibben and Tom Steyer by deploying "trackers" to videotape them. Brian Rogers, executive director of America Rising Squared, said that the firm had focused on McKibben and Steyer because they "aggressively target conservative thought leaders."[7]
Doxing issues accusations
In 2018, Abigail Spanberger, a Democratic congressional candidate who had previously been an agent for the CIA and filed a mandatory "SF-86" form with sensitive personal information, accused the group of using the information publicly as a campaign strategy by Republicans.[13][14][15]
In December 2018, the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General "officially cleared" America Rising "of any wrongdoing" in obtaining the personnel file of the Democratic candidate. The IG report concluded that the group went through the proper channels and submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for the file to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).[16]
References
- ^ Moody, Chris (February 20, 2015). "Political dirt digger joins Jeb Bush PAC". CNN. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- Slate Magazine, January 13, 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- The Huffington Post, March 21, 2013. With link to Hamby, Peter, "Romney campaign chief to lead new GOP research group", CNN, March 21st, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- The Huffington Post, January 25, 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- Norwalk, CT), January 16, 2017. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ^ a b Lipton, Eric; Friedman, Lisa; Vogel, Kenneth P. (December 17, 2017). "E.P.A. Employees Spoke Out. Then Came Scrutiny of Their Email". The New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ Goddard, Taegan, "I feel pretty" Archived 2014-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Political Wire, August 21, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
- ^ Sullivan, Sean. "Why Bruce Braley's 'farmer from Iowa' remark hit a nerve back home". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2016-02-10. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ a b Despite similar messages, Senate campaigns say there's no coordination with outside groups, Anchorage Daily News, Nathaniel Herz, September 28, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ American Crossroads/Crossroads GPS, FactCheck.org, Brooks Jackson, September 18, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ How Not to Enforce Campaign Laws, The New York Times, Ann M. Ravel, April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ "What Was a Congressional Candidate's SF-86 Doing in the Hands of Her Political Opponents?". 29 August 2018.
- ^ Tackett, Michael (28 August 2018). "C.I.A. Officer-Turned-Candidate Says PAC Obtained Her Security Application". The New York Times.
- Daily Beast.
- ^ "USPS IG clears conservative group of wrongdoing in Spanberger file release". Roll Call. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-10.