thegrayzone | Behind the app that delayed Iowa’s voting results is a dark money operation funded by anti-Bernie Sanders billionaires. Its top donor Seth Klarman is a Buttigieg backer who has dumped money into pro-settler Israel lobby groups.
At the time of publication, 12 hours after voting in the Democratic
Party’s Iowa caucuses ended, the results have not been announced. The
delay in reporting is the result of a failed app developed by a company
appropriately named Shadow Inc.
This firm was staffed by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaign veterans
and created by a Democratic dark money nonprofit backed by hedge fund
billionaires including Seth Klarman. A prolific funder of pro-settler
Israel lobby organizations, Klarman has also contributed directly to Pete Buttigieg’s campaign.
The delay in the vote reporting denied a victory speech to Senator
Bernie Sanders, the presumptive winner of the opening contest in the
Democratic presidential primary. Though not one exit poll indicated that
Buttigieg would have won, the South Bend, Indiana mayor took to Twitter
to confidently proclaim himself the victor.
The bizarre scenario was made possible by a mysterious voting app whose origins had been kept secret by Democratic National Committee officials. For hours, it was unclear who created the failed technology, or how it wound up in the hands of Iowa party officials.
Though a dark money Democratic operation turned out to be the source
of the disastrous app, suspicion initially centered on former Hillary
Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook and his Russiagate-related elections
integrity initiative.
