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- Ginni Thomas laid the groundwork for a nonprofit two months before the 2010 Citizens United ruling, Politico reported.
- The nonprofit was started with the help of Leonard Leo and funding from Harlan Crow.
- The nonprofit became the start of a "billion-dollar" network that moved money to conservative legal causes.
Leonard Leo, a conservative activist, and Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, banded together to create a nonprofit organization that would take advantage of the new rules on political spending put forth by the Citizens United ruling.