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Ashley Brassfield, "Oversight Chairman James Comer Launches Investigation Into Soros-Linked Group’s Secretive ‘Chorus’ Program"

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is launching an investigation into Sixteen Thirty Fund’s Chorus Creator Incubator Program, according to letters obtained by the Daily Caller.

The Sixteen Thirty Fund — whose donors include nonprofits tied to billionaire George Soros — is a nonprofit that has been accused of trying to sidestep campaign-finance disclosure rules enforced by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and Justice Department. It also bypasses standard media-ethics practices meant to differentiate real journalism from paid political work that must be disclosed, according to Comer.

In letters sent Wednesday to Sixteen Thirty Fund President Amy Kurtz and Sunflower Services CEO Allan Williams, Comer wrote that the Fund’s “Chorus Creator Incubator Program” appears to pay participants to amplify Democratic messaging online through secretive contracts that limit transparency about payments and tightly control the political content they produce.

Mr. Allan Williams by ashley

Two days prior, Arabella Advisors announced that Sunflower Services — a new Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) backed by lead investor New Venture Fund (NVF) and supported by the Windward and Hopewell Funds — is acquiring Arabella Advisors’ fiscal-sponsorship business.

Arabella oversaw a network of dark money groups that channel hundreds of millions of difficult-to-trace dollars into left-leaning political organizations and advocacy efforts.

“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform works to uphold fundamental American civil liberties and protect the integrity of American elections,” Comer said. “To this end, we are investigating reports of new activities by Sixteen Thirty Fund— an entity with books that have long been in the care of Arabella Advisors.”

The letters to Kurtz and Williams discuss reporting regarding the program allegedly paying selected participants up to $8,000 per month to boost Democratic messaging online, but only under contracts that impose “extensive secrecy” about their payments and strictly limit what political content they can produce, according to a Wired report.

💰 A new public benefit corporation acquired left-wing dark money group Arabella Advisors’ financial sponsorship arm, with the group itself “ceasing operations,” the organization announced yesterday. pic.twitter.com/oGKjyAJu64

— Hudson Crozier 🇺🇸 (@Hudson_Crozier) November 18, 2025

Participants told the outlet the agreement warned they’d be “kicked out and essentially cut off financially” if they acknowledged being part of the program.

The contracts also reportedly required creators to route “all bookings with lawmakers and political leaders through Chorus” and barred them from using any program resources to support or oppose political candidates or campaigns without prior written approval.

The letter also cites the report that raises “concerning information about the motivations and ethics of Chorus,” including an alleged account that Graham Wilson, a lawyer for Chorus, described the program’s nonprofit structure as a way to raise donor funds, limit public disclosure and keep participants’ names off FEC filings. 

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The committee is seeking a wide range of records related to the Chorus program — including contracts, communications, funding and budgeting materials, internal planning documents, marketing and recruitment materials, compliance records, and any correspondence with key individuals involved — covering all aspects of the program’s creation, operation, oversight, and participant coordination.

The Caller reached out to Sixteen Thirty Fund and Williams for comment but did not receive a response prior to publication.