According to the emails, the Sher Edling firm’s chief strategy officer, named Chuck Savitt, was seeking Emmet and Carlson’s support after receiving help from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation from then-CEO Terry Tamminen. “Dark money groups” are those non-profit organizations that are not required to disclose their donors. The RLF group would have supported Sher Edling with more than $5.2 million between 2017 and 2020, according to tax returns reviewed by Fox News. These fees mean that Sher Edling would have received payment regardless of the outcome. That is precisely why, according to the GAO, these Sher Edling lawsuits had encountered setbacks in the courts, given that these were efforts to directly influence federal legislation on environmental issues.

Source: Fox News August 16, 2022 18:56 UTC