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DEFEND US PAC

Republican-aligned activityInferred from activitySuper PAC · Unauthorized · Quarterly filerC00634261

Overview

Raised: $10.3Mvs $1.6M 2023–2024
Spent: $10Mvs $1.7M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $396Kvs $73.4K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

Other 100%

Other $2.2M (100%) · $2.2M total · contributions this committee made, by recipient party

FEC bulk summary totals through Sep 30, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate connections

No candidate connection found in the registration links or sender-reported committee transfers checked for this cycle. Conduit routing and independent spending are not included in this check.

Money in

Sources

Other committees$827K

Largest itemized receipts

AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM INSTITUTE, INCRepublicanDerived from contributions$600KMay 14, 2026
CONSERVATIVE AGENDA FOR AMERICA, INCRepublicanDerived from contributions$250KApr 13, 2026
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM INSTITUTE, INCRepublicanDerived from contributions$150KApr 27, 2026
AFFORDABLE ENERGY FUND PACRepublicanDerived from contributions$95KMar 3, 2026
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM INSTITUTE, INC

Money out

Spending by kind

Contributions to committees$9,500
Independent expenditures$6M
Contribution refunds$600K

Largest disbursements

VAULTER LLC$275KMar 4, 2026
VAULTER LLC$75KMay 1, 2026
ART AND COPY PARTNERS LLC$25KPOLLING & RESEARCH · Apr 27, 2026
ART AND COPY PARTNERS LLC$22KPOLLING & RESEARCH · Apr 28, 2026
FEC COMPLIANCE GROUP, LLC$18KCOMPLIANCE CONSULTING · Mar 25, 2025
AXIOM STRATEGIES$2,000ADVERTISING CONTENT STRATEGY CONSULTING · Jun 12, 2025
CHAIN BRIDGE BANK$25BANK FEES · Jun 12, 2025
CHAIN BRIDGE BANK$25BANK FEES · Jun 6, 2025
CHAIN BRIDGE BANK

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Apr 25	$50,000	$0
Dec 25	$50,000	$0
Mar 26	$227,000	$275,000
Apr 26	$475,000	$0
May 26	$644,000	$75,000
Jun 26	$0	$9,500

Months follow the reported transaction date; itemized records only, so unitemized small-dollar giving is not in the bars.

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: Super PAC
Designation: Unauthorized
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: MCINTYRE, DUSTIN
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 1520 BELLE VIEW BLVD · #3438 · ARLINGTON, VA, 22307

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

Registration relationships have not been loaded for this record. No relationship has been assumed.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationSupports Republican candidates; opposes Democratic candidatesRepublican-aligned activityInferred from activity

FEC registration: Super PAC; no party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Inferred from activity. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

Candidate partyDemocratic

Supporting: $0
Opposing: $7,487,908

4 current Schedule E rows

Candidate partyRepublican

Overview

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FEC-reported relationships

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FEC-reported relationships

Independent expenditures

Cash, assets & liabilities

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