James Comer is Chairman of the House Oversight Committee. | https://oversight.house.gov/chairman-james-comer/
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer announced on Mar. 20 that the committee is continuing its investigation into the Sixteen Thirty Fund, Arabella Advisors (now Sunflower Services), and related organizations for allegedly attempting to circumvent federal campaign finance disclosure requirements.
The inquiry focuses on concerns about transparency in political funding and the potential evasion of laws enforced by the Federal Election Commission and Department of Justice. The committee's efforts aim to clarify whether these groups are obscuring their financial activities and blurring lines between legitimate journalism and political operations.
According to Comer, after the committee sent inquiries to Sixteen Thirty Fund and Sunflower Services regarding their involvement with the Chorus influencers program, a new nonprofit entity called Creator Collective was established. "On November 18, 2025, the Committee sent inquiries to Sixteen Thirty Fund and Sunflower Services seeking documents related to Chorus, which the Committee understood to be operating not as an independent legal entity but as a project of Sixteen Thirty Fund with support from Arabella Advisors. This appears to have instigated an organizational scramble around the Chorus project as three days later, on November 21, 2025, records with the Government of the District of Columbia show that you filed as founder of a new domestic nonprofit corporation called the Creator Collective," wrote Comer. He added, "The Committee finds the sequence and circumstances surrounding this change of control dubious at best. The opacity surrounding the legal separation between Chorus and the Sixteen Thirty Fund suggests efforts to conceal the change from the Committee and the public."
The letter addressed to Creator Collective Founder Graham Wilson requests documents related to activities involving Chorus creator incubator program. The committee has also obtained quarterly reports from influencers contracted by Chorus who certified they did not create content advocating for or against specific candidates or parties; however, some content may contradict these certifications.
Comer further said that website registration records show wearechorus.com is registered through Withheld for Privacy—a company based in Iceland known for being used by those wishing to hide website ownership information. "In addition to creating a misleading perception of the Chorus leadership, the Chorus entity has utilized a peculiar partnership to guard against disclosure of its legal structure and ownership to the public through its website registration," Comer wrote.
The investigation remains ongoing as lawmakers seek more information about how these organizations operate within current campaign finance regulations.
