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Fellowship PAC Shows Zero in Federal Filings

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Fellowship PAC still shows zero dollars in FEC filings despite claiming $100 million raised. The Q1 2026 disclosure is due 15 April, three days from today.

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Key takeaway

The 15 April FEC filing will reveal whether Fellowship PAC's $100 million claim has any basis in federal records.

Fellowship PAC still shows $0 in FEC filings despite publicly claiming $100 million raised. The Q1 2026 quarterly report is due 15 April, three days from today. If that filing shows zero again, the claim remains entirely unsupported by federal records 1.

The PAC is chaired by Jesse Spiro, a Tether US executive. Its registered finance director, Mitchell Nobel, works for Cantor Fitzgerald, which custodies Tether's reserves. The personnel connections to the stablecoin industry are direct.

Three explanations persist. The money does not exist, and the public claims function as influence projection without actual spending. The money exists but is structured below reporting thresholds or routed through intermediaries with their own delayed disclosure cycles. Or contributions were received after the previous filing period and will appear in the Q1 report. The 15 April filing will narrow these possibilities. Any reported contributions would reveal donor identity for the first time; continued silence would make the $100 million claim increasingly difficult to take at face value.

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In plain English

Fellowship PAC is a political action committee connected to the cryptocurrency industry, led by Jesse Spiro (an executive at Tether, a major crypto company) and Mitchell Nobel (an executive at Cantor Fitzgerald, a major Wall Street firm). It has publicly claimed to have raised $100 million to spend on the 2026 elections. The problem: federal election records show the PAC has received exactly $0 in contributions. This is not a small discrepancy , the entire publicly claimed amount is absent from official records. Political action committees are legally required to report contributions above $200 to the Federal Election Commission. If Fellowship PAC had actually received $100 million, those contributions would appear in public records. The Q1 2026 filing due in mid-April is the next opportunity for any contributions to appear. If it shows $0 again, the $100 million claim has no federal evidence to support it.

Sources:Federal Election Commission
Mentions:Mitchell Nobel →FEC →Jesse Spiro →Tether →Cantor Fitzgerald →Fellowship PAC →
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