The socialist-backed Democrat who lost Florida’s Senate race still faces a watchdog’s call for federal investigators to find out how her charity spent about $271,000.
Story Highlights
- Democrat Angie Nixon lost Florida’s U.S. Senate special election to Republican Sen. Ashley Moody on Tuesday, November 3.
- A conservative watchdog has asked federal prosecutors, the IRS, the Federal Election Commission and Florida officials to investigate The Moxie Group Inc., a charity Nixon founded.
- The charity reported raising more than $271,000 in 2024 but listed about $210,000 of it, roughly 90%, only as “other” spending.
- The watchdog says the charity’s board voted to shut it down in December 2025, but an archived fundraising page kept offering donors tax receipts after that. Reporters could not identify any donations made after the vote.
- The watchdog’s lawyer argues those requests for money amount to wire fraud and says Nixon should be criminally prosecuted.
- The complaint is a request for an inquiry, not a criminal charge. Nixon’s campaign says she resigned from the charity in December 2025.
Complaint Targets Nonprofit Finances And Missing Disclosure
The National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative watchdog group, filed its complaint on Monday, October 26, eight days before the election. It wants investigators to find out where the charity’s money went. The group says the charity listed some costs, such as $14,000 for occupancy, meaning rent and building costs, and $2,500 for advertising, but put about $210,000 under “other” with no breakdown. It also says the charity never filed its 2024 Form 990, the yearly IRS return that shows how a charity spends its money. That return was due November 15, 2025.
The complaint went to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, a federal prosecutor’s office within the Justice Department, along with the IRS, the Federal Election Commission, the Florida attorney general and the state agriculture department, which oversees charities in Florida. A spokesman for the agriculture department said it received the complaint and is reviewing it. That department had already opened its own investigation in September into whether the charity kept raising money in 2026 after its fundraising license expired in January, according to reports. The Justice Department has not announced any action. In September, the same watchdog filed a separate complaint asking the Senate Ethics Committee and the Justice Department to act on Nixon’s Senate financial disclosure, which the group says left out $14,000 in IRS back taxes and a $17,600 student loan.
Alleged Overlap With For-Profit Bookstore And Campaign Events
The charity shares a name with The Moxie Group LLC, a for-profit company that runs Café Resistance Bookstore and Coffee Shop in Jacksonville. The complaint alleges that the charity’s registration was later moved to the for-profit company, and it asks investigators to look at any money that passed between the two. It also says the café gave the campaign free space for events. That could count as an in-kind contribution, meaning a gift of goods or services instead of cash, which federal campaign finance rules restrict. Nixon’s campaign website listed a “Ten toes down Tuesday phonebank” at the café for Tuesday, October 27.
The watchdog says the charity’s board voted to shut it down on December 15, 2025, but the formal dissolution papers were not filed with the state until October 1, 2026. It points to an archived fundraising page that kept offering donors tax receipts during that time. The group’s lawyer, Paul Kamenar, argues those requests for money amount to wire fraud, which means using phone or internet messages to get money under false pretenses, and says they should be prosecuted. Reporters could not identify any specific donations made after the board’s vote.
Candidate Response And Scope Of The Referrals
Nixon’s campaign disputes the watchdog’s claims. It says Nixon resigned as the charity’s principal manager in December 2025, before the board voted to dissolve it, and had no part in later decisions about donations or the dissolution papers. The campaign also says it has not paid Café Resistance, has used only the café’s parking lot, and that Nixon does not own the building. Her August 2026 Senate financial disclosure still listed her as the charity’s director from “Jun 2019 to present,” according to reports, and reporters say she has not produced records from the time showing her resignation.
The watchdog says Nixon “and any of her accomplices should be criminally prosecuted.” That is the group’s demand, not a finding by any agency. If investigators move forward, they can ask for bank statements, invoices and donor records. Those papers would show where the $210,000 went, whether the charity paid the for-profit company, and who made the spending decisions.
Why This Matters For Transparency And Donors
People who give to a charity are counting on the money going where it was promised, and the Form 990 is how the public checks. Nixon lost to Moody by about 50% to 48%, so she will not take a Senate seat, but the complaint and the state review do not end with the election. Clear records can show proper spending or reveal violations. Until the agencies report back, the public record does not show how that $210,000 was spent.
Sources:
redstate.com, redstate.com, foxnews.com, nlpc.org, freebeacon.com, freebeacon.com, irs.gov
