Never Back Down and Jankowski did not respond to the Lever’s requests for comment. “Governor DeSantis’s Never Back Down PAC is fortunate to have him there.” Leo has known Chris Jankowski for many years and considers him one of the most effective political strategists in the country,” said a spokesperson at Leo’s consulting firm, CRC Advisors. The role Jankowski played in developing the Marble Freedom Trust has not previously been reported, though he has for years served as a consultant for Leo’s dark money network, which played a central role in flipping control of the Supreme Court and building its 6–3 conservative supermajority. In 2021, the trust received $1.6 billion from the sale of Chicago businessman Barre Seid’s surge-protector empire, constituting the largest known dark money donation in history and leaving Leo in control of an unprecedented political advocacy fund. The Republican operative leading the super PAC backing Florida governor and likely Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was closely involved with a record-breaking dark money donation to conservative legal activist Leonard Leo, the architect of the Supreme Court’s rightward swing, according to records obtained by the Lever.Ĭhris Jankowski, CEO of the pro-DeSantis group Never Back Down, is listed in the documents as the “settlor” - effectively, the creator - of the Marble Freedom Trust, a massive pool of cash Leo is using to finance conservative advocacy groups.

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