1. United States
2. Utah
3. Letter

The pattern of donations flowing to J. Stuart Adams' PAC from companies with active business before MIDA demands a formal investigation. Six days after Adams failed to secure enough delegate support to avoid a primary, entities with direct financial stakes in MIDA's Military Recreation Project Area donated nearly $140,000 to his Adams Leadership PAC in a single day. That is not coincidence. That is a transaction. Gary Barnett and Extell alone have funneled over $500,000 to Utah Republican politicians since 2018, including Adams-tied PACs, while serving as lead developer on a MIDA project worth hundreds of millions. A lobbyist who represents both MIDA and O'Leary Ventures donated $5,000 to Adams one day after being hired to lobby for O'Leary's proposed data center. Utah has no corporate contribution limits and no individual donor ceiling, which means this kind of influence-buying is legal — but legal does not mean acceptable. I want to see a full investigation into whether Adams' dual role as Senate President and MIDA chair has allowed donors to purchase favorable treatment on public development decisions. If the evidence supports it, prosecution should follow. Adams controls decisions affecting billions in public-adjacent development. The public deserves to know who he is actually working for.