The company was originally registered in 2002 as “Renaissance Man Medical, LLC,” an apparent branding spin on Walker’s Renaissance Man Food Services.
Either way, emails reported by the Daily Beast show that Walker was explicitly told that the money sent to HR Talent could not be used for political purposes.Īs for HR Talent, while the exact nature of the company-and if or how its money was spent-remains unclear, Walker did organize a couple of talent shows billed as “Herschel’s Raw Talent” nearly a decade ago, per The New York Times. It is possible, however, that Walker, who reportedly never personally contributed to his campaign, could have refunded the money back to Washington. “The $535,200 can be wired to H R Talent,” he wrote in an email titled “Wire instructions for Team Herschel’s People’s Champion Committee.” Months after the money was sent, a representative for Washington asked about rerouting it to an aligned super PAC, but filings from the Federal Election Commission show the $535,200 was never moved there. On the potential-fraud side of things, it was Walker who emailed the account and routing numbers for HR Talent while seemingly claiming the money was campaign-related. Ryan, a campaign finance expert, told the Daily Beast. “Even if the money wasn’t spent in the election, Walker would have broken the law when he directed this donor to give money above contribution limits in connection with the election,” Paul S. In doing so, according to experts who spoke to the Daily Beast, Walker may have committed wire fraud-via distorting the purpose of the payment-or violated a Federal Elections Commission rule that bars federal candidates from soliciting donations outside of the contribution limits (the donation limit for a Senate candidate was set at $2,900 per individual in 2022). Instead, according to the Daily Beast, the cash was deposited into an account for HR Talent, LLC, a firm owned by Walker that he never disclosed in financial statements. The money was sent by billionaire Dennis Washington, a friend of Walker’s who reportedly assumed the funds were intended for Walker’s Senate bid. The latest bombshell came courtesy of the Daily Beast- as most have- which reported Wednesday that Walker, a former NFL running back who lost to Democrat Raphael Warnock in last year’s Georgia Senate race, padded his personal company with $535,200 in political contributions.
His Senate campaign is dead, but Herschel Walker is still producing scandals.
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