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The Center helped fund Christopher Ruddy (of NewsMax ) to "investigate" conspiracies surrounding the death of Vincent Foster , which was part of the Arkansas Project . Eventually, "the Center placed some 50 ads reprinting Ruddy's Pittsburgh Tribune-Review stories in the Washington Times , then repackaged the articles as a packet titled "The Ruddy Investigation," which sold for $12." Also "Farah also bought full page ads publicizing Christopher Ruddy's allegations that appeared in papers including The New York Times , Washington Post , Chicago Tribune , and Los Angeles Times " and "the ad campaign brought in over $500,000, half from individual donors-many of whom bought Foster conspiracy materials-and half from foundations, including $100,000 from Carthage." Later on "WJC circulated a video featuring Ruddy's claims, "Unanswered-The Death of Vincent Foster," that was produced by ultra-conservative James Davidson , chairman of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) and co-editor of the Strategic Investment newsletter." In 1998, the Center sued the IRS claiming it was audited in 1996 for political reasons but the lawsuit was thrown out, and appeals denied. REFERENCES |
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