Cato Institute

Koch Brothers Battle For Control Of Cato Institute

Nick R. Martin | March 1, 2012, 1:17PM

Edward Crane, Founder and President of the Cato Institute, at the 25th Anniversary of the Washington, DC, conservative think tank, Friday, May 3, 2002.

Billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch launched a legal battle Wednesday over control of the Cato Institute, the influential libertarian think tank one of them helped found nearly 40 years ago.

The Kochs filed a lawsuit in Kansas, where the institute was created, demanding that the widow of its longtime chairman give back his shares of the nonprofit company.

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Arizona

Unions Face Off With Koch Group Over Arizona Bills

Nick R. Martin | February 29, 2012, 5:45AM

A protest against bills introduced in Arizona to restrict the rights of unions. Feb, 9, 2012. (Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Press)

The battle over government employee unions in Arizona is far from finished.

As Republican lawmakers marched forward Tuesday on a bill that was previously thought to be dead, two major national groups on opposite sides of the issue were calling in reinforcements.

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Charles Koch

So What Exactly Are the Latest Revelations About Koch Industries?

October 4, 2011, 11:22AM

David and Charles Koch

by Lois Beckett ProPublica

Bloomberg has published an in-depth investigation into business practices at Koch Industries, run by the politically influential brothers Charles and David Koch. The story lays out what it suggests is a decades-long pattern of illegal and unethical behavior at Koch.

Both Bloomberg's story and Koch's official response are long and full of complicated details, and it's not easy to untangle it all.

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Koch Industries

Koch Industries Made 'Improper Payments,' Sold Petrochemicals To Iran In Violation Of Ban

Jillian Rayfield | October 3, 2011, 10:19AM

David and Charles Koch

Koch Industries made "improper payments" to win contracts in other countries, and circumvented a U.S. trade ban in selling petrochemicals to Iran, according to an investigation by Bloomberg Markets magazine.

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Charles Koch

Koch Industries Foreign Subsidiary Admits Making Illegal Donations

Ryan J. Reilly | July 1, 2011, 1:53PM

David and Charles Koch

A Luxembourg-based subsidiary of Koch Industries has admitted to making illegal campaign contributions to political candidates and committees.

INVISTA is a limited liability company involved in the textile manufacturing business that is organized in Luxembourg but headquartered in Kansas. They admitted in a filing with the Federal Election Commission that was disclosed this week that they made 12 contributions totally $26,800 to various political committees between Nov. 2005 and Oct. 2009.

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Americans For Prosperity

Koch-Backed AFP Admits To Posting Fake Eviction Notices On Detroit Homes 'To Startle People'

Jillian Rayfield | June 8, 2011, 12:35PM

The Koch-backed group Americans For Prosperity admitted to posting fake eviction notices on numerous Detroit homes Monday in order to "startle people" about a bridge project that the group opposes.

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David Koch

Koch Execs Respond To Prank Call: We Will Not 'Back Off'

Eric Lach | February 25, 2011, 9:33AM

Koch Industries Executive Vice President David Koch

Koch Industries executives are reacting to the prank call pulled on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) this week, where a blogger got through to the governor by posing as David Koch. In an interview with National Review Online, Koch Industries executive vice president Richard Fink says the Koch brothers will not "back off."

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Koch Industries

Koch Industries: We Don't Fund Tea Parties (Except For The Tea Parties We Fund)

Justin Elliott | April 15, 2010, 9:48AM

Koch Industries Executive Vice President David Koch and Tea Party protesters

Koch Industries, a major backer of myriad right-wing causes, issued an unsolicited statement last night in advance of Tax Day claiming it has never provided funding "specifically to support the tea parties." But when TPMmuckraker followed up, a spokeswoman acknowledged that Koch funds one of the most prominent national groups that organizes ... tea parties.

"Because you have covered tea parties in the past and we imagine you will cover tomorrow's Tax Day Tea Party in DC, we want to reiterate some important facts," wrote Melissa Cohlmia, the company's director of communication, in the email Wednesday evening.

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