If there’s one thing that I won’t stand for, its profiteers looking to exploit or weaponize American warfighters and veterans. Code of Vets does that under the guise that they are assisting them.
C.O.V. Inc // dba Code of Vets, Inc
4183 Franklin Road, ste B-1 #220
Murfreesboro, TN 37128
EIN: 32-0582177
Gretchen Smith, Founder
Cindy Walker, Secretary
Joseph Smith, President
Kevin Napper, Board Member
Code of Vets Organization Website About
Epoch Times piece on Code of Vets January 2019
Propublica Nonprofit Explorer Research Tax-Exempt Organizations
IRS Form990 - 2020 for COV Inc.
*Note: Significant increase in qualified distributions from 2018 to 2020.
Code of Vets Facebook Page | Notice the hashtag used in this March 31, 2019 post by Code of Vets WWG1WGA - a Qanon slogan meaning ‘Where We Go One, We Go All”
…because Michael Flynn orchestrated Qanon.
Code of Vets evidence of connection with the extremist group the Oath Keepers.
Archived tweet from July 9 2020
”Oath Keepers has set up a free, “Defend America Now” Public chat system when you can talk to patriots nationwide, and Defend America Now public chats for each state. Oath Keepers Call to Action: Veterans, Patriots, Stand Up”
https://web.archive.org/web/20220108174719/
This particular tweet seems like it was interestingly timed. Might be worth looking at:
July 1, 2020 | DHS Announces New Task Force to Protect American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will deploy members of a newly formed special federal task force to protect monuments across the country from vandalism over Independence Day weekend. In a Wednesday press release, acting DHS secretary Chad Wolf announced the formation of the Protecting American Communities Task Force (PACT), as well as its first mission to protect federal monuments and property this weekend.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/07/special-task-force-to-defend-monuments-over-july-4-weekend-formed-by-dhs/
Of course my dear friend Jim Stewartson was on top of it.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220101190245/
and Michael Flynn Jr Retweeted Code of Vet’s announcement that Sidney Powell was donating $10,000 to their organization on December 24, 2020. This, during the time she and her fellow election deniers were raising money for the Arizona FRaudit, as well as other litigation efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Additionally, I noticed that Code of Vets EIN number was used for a Charity Golf Tournament at a Trump course. That charity was hosted by American Priority
Hosted by Ben Ferguson, benefiting Code of Vets and American Priority Foundation.
Joseph Flynn, Michael Flynn’s brother seen here on the homepage for American Priorty.
Here’s the promo for AMPFest at Trump National Doral to benefit Code of Vets featuring Michael Flynn:
American Priority You Tube Channel
The AMPFest 2021 Guest List includes some of the most anti-democratic power behind the #BigLie propaganda spread throughout the 2020 election.
Speakers: Michael Flynn, Joseph Flynn, Dinesh D’Souza, Paul Gosar, Natalie Winters, Pastor Leon Benjamin, Matt Gaetz, Tana Goertz, Bettina Viviano, Jack Posobiec, Anthony Sabatini, Mike Donnelly, Roger Stone, Kevin Sorbo, Sam Sorbo, Cory A Deangelis, Pastor Mark Burns, Pastor Greg Locke, George Papadopoulos, Bryson Gray, Patriot J, DVS 7.0, Brian Clowdus, Shannon Kroner, Anna Khait, Carolos Gavidia, Sabine Durden, Tudor Dixon, Tracy Beanz, Kambree, Adam Thompson, Bianca Garcia, CJ Pearson, Dan Stock, Danielle D’Souza, David Clarke, DB Fugate, Del Bigtree, Elijah Schaffer, Eric Matheny, Evan Sayet, Evi Kokalari, Gavin Wax, Harlan Hill, James Lindsey, Jason Fyk, Jason Miller, Joe Kent, Joey Gilbert, Josh Hammer, Katie Hopkins, Laura Loomer, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sheriff Mark Lamb, Melissa Robey, Mike Collins, Mindy Robinson, Nick Adams, Patricia Puertas Rucker, Raheem Kassam, Rogan O’Handley, Seth Dillon, Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos, and Tim Young.
October 15, 2015 | At American Priority Conference: Nationalism, Trump Worship, More Crude Videos—and Roger Stone!
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/at-american-priority-conference-nationalism-trump-worship-and-more-crude-videos/
October 18, 2019 | Conspiracy Theories, and Called for Civil War
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/at-american-priority-conference-speakers-sowed-distrust-peddled-conspiracy-theories-and-called-for-civil-war/
In addition to AMPFest, I discovered another political operative who seems to create pop up charities to help “veterans”, but never seem to account for the work they claim to be doing. They too like to host Golf Tournaments at Trump courses.
PJ Schrantz is an operative along with Ivan Raiklin (which we will dive into in another thread soon).
It is certainly curious how all of these “Veteran” Charities associate themselves with a disgraced former Army General who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contact with Russia.
Network Affiliation to Code of Vets:
Let’s talk about AMAC Foundation, which stands for Association of Mature American Citizens.
AMAC has Code of Vets listed on it’s website under ‘Veterans Resources’
Bob Carlstrom, President - AMAC Action In 2016, he co-chaired a national coalition for the election of President Trump and Vice President Pence.
More recently however, Bob Carlstrom has been involved in a few other ventures.
June 29, 2022 | This Former Trump Lawyer Wants to Disrupt the 2022 Midterms
Cleta Mitchell desperately tried to undo Trump’s loss in Georgia in 2020. Now she’s using the #BigLie to recruit conservatives as poll workers for the November elections.
”AMAC Action has encouraged its volunteers to be poll workers, election officials, and poll watchers. His group also has “been quite active in working on legislation” in Arizona, Texas, Pennsylvania, and other states where CPI and allied groups have spent millions promoting new laws that have curbed voting rights.”
Bob mentions “CPI and allied groups spending millions”, and that’s true. CPI is the Conservative Partnership Institute which was recently revealed by the January 6th Select Committee to have received a large donation from the money raised by Donald Trumps #BigLie slush fund.
The AMAC Action National Conference for 2022 will be held on May 19th, 20th and 21st at the Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort at Bonnet Creek located at 14651 Chelonia Pkwy, Orlando FL | Archived Link
The promotional video for the conference is terrible.
Donald Trump Jr will be speaking at the conference.
Speakers & Presenters Link
AMAC, The Association of Mature American Citizens describes itself by saying it was “created to be your conservative alternative to other 50+ organizations. We work hard to represent your interest and will always stay true to our values as Conservative Americans”.
The website is set up to appeal to an older audience, but it also seems to be aesthetically deceptive toward an older, less tech-savvy population. The AMAC YouTube channel is filled with familiar propagandists and anti-democratic influencers. Multiple videos discuss #BigLie topics to persuade American voters that the 2020 election was “stolen” from Donald Trump.
AMAC - Association of Mature American Citizens YouTube Channel
AMAC hosts a show called The Weingarten Report with Ben Weingarten
Weingarten is a Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research, and a Fellow of the Claremont Institute. His self-written bio is obnoxious.
Here’s Ben Weingarten’s take on the January 6th Select Commitee
In this episode, Ben explains why despite the fact the January 6 Committee is a Soviet-style show trial, it deserves our attention and serious concern: Namely because it aims to portray conservative Americans as domestic violent extremists, and is abusing government powers in pursuing them accordingly.
If you’re unfamiliar with the London Center for Policy Research
or the Claremont Institute
NOTES to integrate:
American Priority Conference Headed By Convicted Felon Runs Off The Rails
Most attendees disguised as empty chairs
https://www.breitbartunmasked.com/2018/12/08/american-priority-conference-headed-by-convicted-felon-runs-off-the-rails/
Gretchen Smith, Veteran, Founder of Code of Vets \\ Nov 6, 2020
https://sofrep.com/sofrep-radio/episode-538-gretchen-smith-veteran-founder-of-code-of-vets/
Oath Keepers are one of several militia group that vocally supports deploying potential force in aid of the president.
October 2, 2019 | Armed Militias Are Taking Trump’s Civil War Tweets Seriously
https://www.lawfareblog.com/armed-militias-are-taking-trumps-civil-war-tweets-seriously
Oath Keepers Launch Spartan Training Group program | Archived Link
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