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Samuel E. De Merit

Tracked direct giving

$1,950

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The Money Trail

How money flowed from Samuel E. De Merit

$2K
4 transactions across 2 counterparties
sum of 4 tracked donations shown

Samuel E. De Merit directed $1K to LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC across 3 contributions between December 2023 and February 2024.

Dec 2023 – Feb 2024individual

Samuel E. De Merit directed $500 to GIFFORDS PAC.

Aug 2024individual
$2K tracked across 2 counterparties (sum of 4 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where Samuel E. De Merit’s money ended up

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$4K
modeled estimate
11 paths across 9 counterparties
$1Kmodeled estimateattributed to Donald J. Trump
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$1Kmodeled estimateSamuel E. De Merit→LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC→Donald J. TrumpmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $200

$106modeled estimateSamuel E. De Merit→GIFFORDS PAC→Donald J. TrumpmediumOppose24A

smallest single documented leg $500 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$582modeled estimateattributed to Joseph Biden JR
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$582modeled estimateSamuel E. De Merit→LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC→Joseph Biden JRmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $200

$391modeled estimateattributed to Don Bacon
2024 cycle2 paths1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$112modeled estimateSamuel E. De Merit→GIFFORDS PAC→Don BaconmediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $500 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$319modeled estimateattributed to Mazi Melesa Pilip
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$319modeled estimateSamuel E. De Merit→LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC→Mazi Melesa PilipmediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$297modeled estimateattributed to Kamala Harris
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$297modeled estimateSamuel E. De Merit→LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC→Kamala HarrismediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $200

$282modeled estimateattributed to Garcia, Mike
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$282modeled estimateSamuel E. De Merit→GIFFORDS PAC→Garcia, MikemediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $500 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$259modeled estimateattributed to Thomas R. Suozzi
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$259modeled estimateSamuel E. De Merit→LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC→Thomas R. SuozzimediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $1K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$203modeled estimateattributed to Michael Lawler
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$203modeled estimateSamuel E. De Merit→GIFFORDS PAC→Michael LawlermediumOpposeindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $500 (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

Plus 1 additional chain totaling $118.

$4K attributed (modeled estimate) across 11 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this
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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC$1,000Dec 8, 20232024
GIFFORDS PAC$500Aug 26, 20242024
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC$250Feb 13, 20242024
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC$200Feb 13, 20242024