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(CN) The head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media illegally funneled millions from his nonprofit to a for-profit film company, the attorney general for the District of Columbia claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Michael Pack, appointed by President Donald Trump last year, formed the nonprofit Public Media Lab in 2007 and served as the organization’s president and chief executive officer until his nomination.
Since 2008, according to the complaint, tax-exempt funds have flowed from PML to Manifold Productions, a film company founded by Pack in 1977.
“District law requires nonprofits to use their tax-exempt funds for their stated public purpose and not to benefit a private individual or company,” said Karl Racine, the district’s attorney general, in a statement. “Our investigation revealed that, over a 12-year period, Michael Pack personally oversaw Public Media Lab as it unlawfully directed millions