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New York Times
18 Sep 2024
Thomas B. Edsall


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In the world of political fund-raising, there is hard money, soft money, dark money — and Leonard Leo money.

Political advocacy and charitable groups controlled by Leo now have far more assets than the combined total cash on hand of the Republican and Democratic National, Congressional and Senatorial committees, $440.9 million.

Leo, a 58-year-old graduate of Cornell Law School, a devout Catholic with ties to Opus Dei, the most conservative “personal prelature” in the Church hierarchy, chief strategist of the Federalist Society for more than a quarter century, a crucial force behind the confirmations of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, has emerged, over the past five years, as the dominant fund-raiser on the right.

As he has risen to this pinnacle of influence, Leo has become rich, profiting both from the organizations he has created and from the consulting fees paid by the conservative advocacy and lobbying groups he funds.

Leo has an overarching agenda.

In a 2022 speech he made upon receiving the John Paul II New Evangelization Award at the Catholic Information Center, Leo warned fellow Catholics: “Catholic evangelization faces extraordinary threats and hurdles. Our culture is more hateful and intolerant of Catholicism than at any other point in our lives. It despises who we are, what we profess, and how we act.”

Leo describes the adversaries of Catholicism as “these barbarians, secularists and bigots (who) have been growing more numerous over the past few years. They control and use many levers of power.”


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