Peter Thiel support routed through Protect Ohio Values PAC

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  "_id": "starintel:campaign-finance:peter-thiel-protect-ohio-values-15m",
  "assessment": {
    "confidence": 0.9,
    "counterevidence": [
      "FEC MUR 8009 did not establish a violation by the PAC or Vance committee."
    ],
    "gaps": [
      "Resolve every Thiel receipt, amendment and refund by FEC transaction ID."
    ],
    "priority": 0.98,
    "relevance": 0.99
  },
  "data": {
    "amount": 15000000.0,
    "committee_id": "C00770495",
    "contribution_type": "reported super-PAC funding aggregate",
    "currency": "USD",
    "donor_id": "starintel:person:peter-thiel",
    "election_cycle": "2022",
    "entity_id": "starintel:person:peter-thiel",
    "methodology": "Major-media donor analysis cross-checked against FEC committee aggregate receipts.",
    "observation_type": "political_contribution_aggregate",
    "period_end": "2022-12-31T23:59:59Z",
    "period_start": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "qualifications": [
      "The FEC committee summary confirms total committee receipts, not this donor-specific aggregate.",
      "Transaction-level amendment reconciliation remains an open target."
    ],
    "recipient_id": "starintel:org:protect-ohio-values-pac"
  },
  "dataset": "palantir-deep-dive-2026-07-25",
  "date_added": "2026-07-25T19:58:30Z",
  "date_updated": "2026-07-25T19:58:30Z",
  "dtype": "campaign-finance",
  "evidence": [],
  "schema_version": "0.9.0",
  "sources": [
    {
      "credibility": 0.92,
      "kind": "major_media",
      "publisher": "The Washington Post",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-07-25T19:58:30Z",
      "title": "Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed JD Vance",
      "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/28/jd-vance-peter-thiel-donors-big-tech-trump-vp/"
    },
    {
      "credibility": 0.99,
      "kind": "government_primary",
      "publisher": "Federal Election Commission",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-07-25T19:58:30Z",
      "title": "Protect Ohio Values PAC — 2022 committee overview",
      "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00770495/?cycle=2022"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Reported $15 million aggregate from Thiel to the super PAC backing Vance; transaction-level ledger remains unresolved.",
  "tags": [
    "thiel",
    "vance",
    "campaign-finance",
    "protect-ohio-values",
    "depth-2"
  ],
  "title": "Peter Thiel support routed through Protect Ohio Values PAC",
  "verification": {
    "status": "partially_verified",
    "unresolved": [
      "Donor-level transaction ledger"
    ],
    "verified": false
  },
  "version": 1,
  "workflow": {
    "max_depth": 3,
    "recursion_depth": 2,
    "root_target_id": "starintel:org:palantir-technologies-inc"
  }
}