A Leonard Leo-Linked Group Is Secretly Funding Legislative Attacks On Trans Rights

A group at the center of conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo’s network funneled $750,000 to an influential new lobbying operation that pushes anti-LGBTQ+ legislation around the country, new tax records show.

Leo is best known as the kingpin of a decades-long effort to pack the federal judiciary with conservative judges. As the leader of the Federalist Society, Leo assembled a vast and secretive network of wealthy donors and nonprofits to amplify the power of the conservative legal movement, culminating in Leo handpicking the list of former President Donald Trump’s potential nominees to the Supreme Court.

The scale of the contributions also helps illuminate how Do No Harm became a successful influence operation so soon after its launch. Last year, the groupto more than a half-dozen states to advocate for restrictions on gender-affirming care, and at least two states passed laws using its model legislative language. In Montana, Do No Harm provided the blueprint for aTransgender rights activists march through the University of Montana campus on May 3 in Missoula, Montana.

In addition to receiving $750,000 from Leo’s network, Do No Harm paid Leo’s consulting firm $231,185 for “public affairs” services. The consulting firm, CRC Advisors, and other for-profit firms in which Leo has a financial stake have beentarget a wide spectrum

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