McArdle Financial Conflicts of Interest

A report by Jake Porter

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Chair Angela McArdle has personally benefited from her lobbying the LNC to establish the Kennedy Victory Fund joint fundraising committee. These contributions were not disclosed to the Libertarian National Committee and no financial accounting has been released to the LNC or the Libertarian Party delegates and members.

Party members asking questions of the financial conflicts of interest on the livestream of the last LNC meeting were ignored and ridiculed by members of the LNC and had their comments deleted.

Source: ThirdPartyWatch.com

The Facts:

• Chair McArdle has set up two new organizations in 2024 that profit off the Libertarian Party’s joint fundraising agreement with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  • Libertarian Unity PAC received $19,700 from the Kennedy Victory Fund *Note: Much of this money may need to be disbursed back to the LNC based on the fundraising agreement
  • Rescue The West, INC received $25,000 from the Kennedy Victory Fund sent to McArdle’s personal address according to FEC reports
• McArdle has also benefited from the association with Kennedy
  • A total of $795,700 has flowed from Kennedy based organizations back to McArdle organizations
• On September 23, the Libertarian Party official e-mail list was used to send out an email with a fundraising link sent directly to Rescue the West, INC.
  • As of December 10, Rescue the West, INC has raised $456,124 additional dollars from the GiveSendGo website