NEW: financial records reviewed by @RollingStone show three billionaire families — the DeVoses, the Bradleys and the Scaifes — funding the braintrust behind the Big Lie, and the plan to overturn the results of the 2020 election. https://t.co/5XKKhHvJRQ

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) January 12, 2022

“…The Claremont Institute, once a little-known think tank often confused with the liberal-arts college of the same name, has emerged as a driving force in the conservative movement’s crusade to use bogus fraud claims about the 2020 election to rewrite voting laws and remake the election system in time for the 2022 midterms and 2024 presidential election. Most infamously, one of the group’s legal scholars crafted memos outlining a plan for how then-Vice President Mike Pence could potentially overturn the last election.

Conservative mega-donors like what they see.

The biggest right-wing megadonors in America made major contributions to Claremont in 2020 and 2021, according to foundation financial records obtained by Rolling Stone. The high-profile donors include several of the most influential families who fund conservative politics and policy: the DeVoses of West Michigan, the Bradleys of Milwaukee, and the Scaifes of Pittsburgh.”