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Exclusive: Influencer Group That Boosts Democrats Faces House Investigation Over ‘Dark Money’ Ties
In a letter Friday to Creator Collective, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer demanded information about a program called Chorus. (Illustration by The Free Press)
Influencers claimed that they didn’t create social media posts in service to the Democratic Party. The GOP-led Oversight Committee says otherwise.
By Gabe Kaminsky
03.20.26 — U.S. Politics
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A nonprofit group that works with popular Democratic political influencers is under investigation by the House Oversight Committee for “a disturbing pattern of activity” possibly intended to evade campaign finance disclosure rules.

In a letter Friday to Creator Collective, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, a Kentucky Republican, demanded information about a program called Chorus. Wired reported last August that it offered influencers as much as $8,000 per month to bolster Democratic talking points on social media. The outlet also reported that Creator Collective founder Graham Wilson, to whom Comer’s letter was addressed, told influencers in a Zoom call that their names would not show up on reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

The letter, reviewed by The Free Press, said that the committee is examining possible efforts to “obscure the distinction between activities of legitimate journalists from campaign operatives.”

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Gabe Kaminsky

Gabe Kaminsky is an investigative reporter for The Free Press. He covers the intersection of money, politics, and influence in Washington, D.C., where he is based. He grew up outside Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh.

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