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Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, leaves after speaking at a news conference outside of the Clark County Election Department, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in North Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Report: Matt Schlapp’s accuser is paid $480,000 to drop gay sex assault suit

By Staff - The Washington Times

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, speaks during a news conference outside of the Clark County Election Department, Nov. 8, 2020, in North Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

ACU vice chair resigns, calls for independent investigations into Matt Schlapp, group’s finances

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this March 30, 2021, photo, anti-abortion rights demonstrators gather in the rotunda at the Capitol while the Senate debated anti-abortion bills in Austin, Texas. Young people on social media have found a way to protest Texas' new law banning most abortions by focusing on a website established by the state's largest anti-abortion group that takes in tips on violations. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) **FILE**

Video game company CEO out over pro-life comment on Texas abortion law

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump raises his fist before speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, July 11, 2021, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

YouTube deletes Trump video, freezes CPAC account

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Sacha Baron Cohen arrives in character as Borat for the film premiere of &quot;Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,&quot; in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Oct. 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) ** FILE **

Schlapp accuses Baron Cohen of faking appearance at CPAC for ‘Borat’ movie

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, leaves after speaking at a news conference outside of the Clark County Election Department, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in North Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

‘America UnCanceled’: Matt Schlapp goes beyond Beltway with CPAC Texas

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., listens during a virtual Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Conservatives fight corporations’ woke activism: ‘Just get the hell out of politics’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

American Conservative Union launches pressure campaign against ‘woke’ corporations

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The American Conservative Union Foundation chairman Matt Schlapp, seen at CPAC 2017, will host "Asian CPAC" in Tokyo next month. The conference will include discussions on economic and military security. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **

CPAC 2021 to be held in Florida

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sacha Baron Cohen arrives in character as Borat for the film premiere of &quot;Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,&quot; in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Oct. 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) ** FILE **

CPAC threatens legal action over ‘false and malicious’ footage in ‘Borat’ movie’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration on the current lack of moderate Democrats by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The demise of the ‘moderate Democrat’

By Matt Schlapp

President Trump will close out the Conservative Political Action Conference this week with his appearance at the annual meeting. Since the 2016 election, Mr. Trump's takeover of the Republican Party and conservative movement has been evident at CPAC. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump back in his comfort zone heading into CPAC

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Protesters carry bricks during a demonstration near Central Government Complex in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019 as violence flared anew after thousands of pro-democracy supporters marched through downtown in defiance of a police ban. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Donald Trump pressured to support Hong Kong protesters by conservatives

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 30, 2015 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves after speaking at a rally with registered nurses and other community leaders celebrate the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, on Capitol Hill Washington. With the Obama administration counting down its final year, many Democrats are finding less to like about the presidents health care law, unsure about its place among their partys achievements. Sanders call for Medicare for all seems to have rekindled aspirations for bigger changes beyond Obamacare. That poses a challenge for Hillary Clinton, whos argued that the health care law is working and the nation needs to build on it, not start over. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Coalition Against Socialized Medicine challenges ‘Medicare for all’ push

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Kanye West poses for a picture in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York with then-President-elect Donald Trump, Dec. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

Kanye at CPAC 2019?

By Larry O'Connor - The Washington Times

American Conservative Union endorses David Leroy

Associated Press

Illustration on internet innovation by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Internet innovation ready for next generation

By Dan Schneider

American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp advises concerned voters to check out the conservative ratings of Congress as determined by their actual voting records. (American Conservative Union) ** FILE **

American Conservative Union endorses Ryan-backed Obamacare replacement plan

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

Richard Spencer, who leads a movement that mixes racism, white nationalism and populism, speaks at the Texas A&amp;M University campus in College Station, Texas, in this Dec. 6, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Richard Spencer, alt-right leader, booted from CPAC

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Several of President Trump's former opponents for the Republican Party nomination will speak at the opening of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Thursday, including Sen. Ted Cruz and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. (Associated press photographs)

CPAC attendees remain unsure of Donald Trump after divisive 2016 election season

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times