He started the nonprofit the month after his loss, naming it 15:17 Trust - a reference to the train attack. Once he turned to politics, his biography served as a cornerstone of his campaign against DeFazio, the chairman of the House transportation committee, who went on to beat Skarlatos by five percentage points in November 2020.
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It also led to a role starring as himself in the Clint Eastwood movie “15:17 to Paris.” Hailed as a hero, he appeared on “Dancing with the Stars,” visited the White House and was granted dual French citizenship. In 2015, Skarlotos, a member of the Oregon National Guard, gained a measure of fame when he helped disrupt an attack on a train bound for Paris by a heavily armed man who was a follower of the Islamic State. “Despite an attempt to smear Alek Skarlatos, who served in Afghanistan, he was never paid a dollar," said Purgason. Campaign manager Ross Purgason said the transactions were “completely legal." Skarlatos' campaign did not make him available for an interview, did not address the activities of the nonprofit and would not say if Skarlatos currently holds a role with the group.
"You can’t do that,” said Adav Noti, a former lawyer for the Federal Election Commission who now works for the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center in Washington "There’s serious corruption potential. That includes a prohibition on candidates donating campaign cash to nonprofit groups they control, as well as a broader ban on accepting contributions from such groups, legal experts say.īut years of lax campaign finance law enforcement has fostered an environment where many candidates are willing to challenge the long-established boundaries of what's legal. Campaign finance laws prohibit candidates from self-dealing and from accepting illicit money from often opaque and less regulated world of political nonprofits.
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