Conservative Organization Gets $1.6 Billion Donation From Electronics Manufacturing Mogul

The Marble Freedom Trust, a conservative nonprofit group, was given a $1.6 billion dollar donation from Barre Seid. Seid is an electronics manufacturing mogul. 

The Marble Freedom Trust is controlled by Leonard A. Leo, a lawyer and activist who helped with the Supreme Court nominations of Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. 

According to Huffington Post The Marble Freedom Trust is an influential force in Washington that has worked to transform the nation’s judiciary. Leo has been instrumental in the fight to overturn Americans’ access to abortion and limit voting rights across the nation.

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Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society

Leonard is Co-Chairman and former Executive Vice President of the Federalist Society, joining the organization over 25 years ago. Since that time he has been instrumental in helping the organization top 70,000, focusing on the growth of lawyers membership, operations and activities advancing limited, constitutional government. In addition to his work at the Society, Leonard has advised President Trump on judicial selection, assisted with the Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Supreme Court selection and confirmation process, and served as a member of the transition team. He also organized the outside coalition efforts in support of the Roberts and Alito U.S. Supreme Court confirmations. Leonard was appointed by President George W. Bush to three terms to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom as chairman. He was also a U.S. Delegate to the UN Council and UN Commission on Human Rights during the Bush Administration. Leonard was the recipient of the 2009 Bradley Prize, along with the other founders and directors of the Federalist Society, for his work in advancing freedom and the rule of law. He is the coeditor of Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House, as well as the author of opinion editorials in the New York Times,The Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. Leonard holds degrees from Cornell University and Cornell Law School.