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Combined, James Murdoch and his wife, Kathryn Murdoch, donated $2.5 million to the Welcome PAC in 2024, according to FEC filings.

“Due to her professional responsibilities, she was categorized as an executive for FEC filing purposes,” her office said.

FEC was less important than the reasoning employed by the court; roughly speaking, the justices made a number of doctrinal moves facilitating campaign finance deregulation.

The move came just as the FEC is set to adjudicate campaign finance complaints from the 2024 election, many of which involved billionaire Elon Musk’s contributions to and spending on behalf of the Trump campaign.

Project 2025 called for a weaker FEC, arguing that the independent agency should do less to regulate political spending.