Justin Elliott

2 months ago | talkingpointsmemo.com | Justin Elliott |Joshua Kaplan |Alex Mierjeski

This article was originally published at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. For a project explicitly designed to influence Congress, Steve Berger’s operation has left a scant paper trail. The archconservative evangelical pastor, who started a D.C. nonprofit a few years ago to shape national policy, does not file lobbying reports. His group does not show up in campaign finance records.