Miguel Gutierrez, his lawyer says, was the “right-hand man or political fixer” for...
. He lost to Republican Francisco “Quico” Canseco.
After the Optum deal in 2011, the UnitedHealth subsidiary asked Rapier and WellMed to cease their “candidate and issue advocacy,” according to Gutierrez’s court filing. “This one is tough!” Gutierrez wrote to Rapier in a 2012 email with the subject line “Jewish Spot.” “It’s gonna cause a stir in the media.”
Gutierrez recommended Rapier and WellMed approach Barreto — the SBA administrator from 2001 to 2005 — about using two nonprofits he led to conduct political advocacy. Its stated mission is to “educate and promote public awareness of issues affecting the Hispanic community and promoting the advancement of the Hispanic community.” Its real mission, Gutierrez said, was to cloak Rapier’s funding of political causes. No one other than Rapier ever donated to it.
The planned “rate cuts are compromising the access and benefits seniors have earned,” he wrote in the March 31, 2015, column. Rapier emailed Gutierrez, “Great job,” within about 3½ hours of the column appearing online. In a 2015 email to Gutierrez, Rapier asked if a get-out-the-vote campaign in New Hampshire could be done through the foundation. He posed the question because he wanted to take a tax deduction for his donation, Gutierrez alleged.
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