Now that Tucker Carlson is a free agent after being fired from his primetime Fox News gig, Republican donors are creating a political action committee (PAC) to lure him into running for president in 2024 .
According to the Federal Election Commission, which PACs are required to report, the Draft Tucker PAC filed its “Declaration of Organization” form in late April, before Carlson was fired from the media giant. The FEC is still reviewing the documentation provided, but has released the organizational statement, which gives some clues as to who is behind the push for Tucker to come forward.
The opaque nature of PACs
The documents were filed by Liz Curtis and Associates, a law firm based in Marton, New Jersey, according to its LinkedIn profile. The profile is sparse and the Liz Curtis and Associates website is currently down with a message saying “the site is experiencing technical difficulties”. This raises some questions about whether or not the law firm is functional or is being used as a way to pass money through a larger organization.
Adding to the confusion is the fact that the address listed in the documents belongs to a Dallas-based organization called Strategic Political Management, LLC, which is run by Charlie Kolean, a GOP political operative involved in running the Committee on Trump Finance Victory. On LinkedIn, Kolean posted a link to an ad his agency had helped produce, which would air on Newsmax.
What type of PAC is Draft Tucker?
Of the various classes of PAC that exist, Ms. Curtis presented as a “hybrid political committee with contribution and non-contribution accounts”. This differs from PACs, which are designed to funnel money to multiple candidates or those that are “segregated” because they are sponsored by a union, corporation, or cooperative, among other entities. The document does not say the group will participate in lobbying efforts. Elizabeth Curtis will serve as PAC treasurer.
