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Salon links the Koch brothers, Charles and David, to the Con Con effort:

"This past January, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the multimillionaire protégé of the Koch brothers’ plutocratic kingdom and American Legislative Exchange Council darling, revealed to a startled nation that he has penned not one but nine new amendments to the Constitution of the United States."^[1]

Cato's endorsement of a Con Con, through a sneaky proposed Rules change in the House of Representative, was a strong indication that the Koch brothers are behind it.^[2] The Koch brothers are a major donor to Cato and handpicked its president, after forcing the prior, longtime president out of the organization.

Entities funded and under the influence of the Koch brothers include:

• the Koch Industries' KochPAC.
• Aegis Strategic PAC. "Aegis Strategic is a Koch-funded political consulting firm ... owned and run by Jeff Crank, a Koch operative who previously served as state director for the Colorado arm of David Koch's 'Americans for Prosperity' operation.^[3]

Other recipient of Koch brothers money include:

• 60 Plus Association.
• Americans for Prosperity
• Concerned Women for American
• Concerned Veterans for America
• Freedom Partners Action Fund

Additional research about recipients of funding by the Koch brothers: as of June 2016

References

1. ↑ http://www.salon.com/2016/12/04/koch-brothers-protege-and-founding-father-wannabe-gov-greg-abbott-wants-to-amend-your-constitution-9-ways/
2. ↑ https://www.cato.org/blog/proposed-house-rule-could-lead-good-constitutional-amendments
3. ↑ http://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/05/13107/koch-candidates-2016-revealed