[14][15] FACT lobbied against the confirmation of one-time Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, and filed an FEC complaint against Democratic voter data firm Catalist in 2015.
[17] In 2017, Whitaker (as executive director) wrote:[18]The most disturbing aspect of Hillary Clinton’s continued blame game is that she still doesn’t think there was anything wrong with recklessly handling highly sensitive and classified information, intentionally instructing her staff to do the same and then lying to the entire world about it at the United Nations of all places.In addition, FACT filed a complaint in August 2017 with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Alexandra Chalupa, a consultant working for the DNC who had been investigating Paul Manafort and Donald Trump's ties to Russia.
[21] FACT acted in close concert with Senator Chuck Grassley, who also made a complaint with the DOJ.
FACT's complaint was based on the claim that Chalupa had met with Ukrainian officials in an effort to expose ties among Trump, Manafort, and Russia.
[24] In 2016, Whitaker defended ExxonMobil as the executive director of FACT when the Attorneys General United for Clean Power Coalition started their investigation into the firm for not disclosing climate change risks.
[30] FACT also had close working relationship with America Rising, sharing information and political communication strategy.
He is also responsible for other prominent groups such as American Conservative Union and Judicial Crisis Network, which are organisations associated with Ann and Neil Corkery.