For years, Democrats called it a conspiracy theory.
Paid protesters? That's crazy talk, they said. Pure right-wing paranoia.
And the CEO behind the paid protester company just dropped a proposal that has Democrats in full panic mode.
The man who actually hires the protesters is demanding Congress expose who pays
Adam Swart runs Crowds on Demand out of Beverly Hills.
His company does exactly what Democrats spent a decade denying exists — he hires protesters, organizes demonstrations, and mobilizes crowds for cash.
For 13 years, Swart's firm has been the go-to operation for anyone needing bodies at a rally, whether it's a corporation, political campaign, or activist group.
Need 200 protesters in Manhattan by tomorrow morning? Swart's got you covered. Major city demonstrations within 24 hours. Participants get paid anywhere from the low hundreds to several hundred dollars depending on the gig.
The firm has worked multi-billion dollar litigation, activist shareholder battles, racial discrimination cases — you name it, Swart's people have protested it.
But here's where it gets interesting.
Swart just sent a letter to Congress demanding they pass a "Transparency in Political Demonstration Act" that would blow the lid off who's funding America's protest industry.
"In recent years, we've seen the line between authentic civic expression and paid political manipulation blur beyond recognition," Swart wrote to lawmakers.¹
Think about that. The guy running the paid protest operation is admitting the whole thing has become a manipulated circus.
His proposal would force disclosure of funding sources for any demonstration exceeding a certain size and create a "Public Accountability Portal" exposing sponsors and subcontractors behind major protests.
Foreign entities couldn't secretly fund demonstrations anymore. And here's the kicker — any organization promoting or tolerating violence loses nonprofit status and federal benefits.
That sound you hear? Democrats scrambling to protect their dark money networks.
Swart warns foreign actors and domestic profiteers are tearing America apart for cash
Swart isn't mincing words about what he's witnessed.
"Across the country, peaceful activism has too often been replaced by coordinated influence campaigns," he told Congress.¹
"Most concerningly, many of these campaigns result either intentionally or unintentionally in violence, property destruction, and the mass disruption of American cities through unpermitted road closures."
He's particularly alarmed about nonprofit networks deliberately designed to hide who's really funding protests.
"Some of whom may be foreign entities with nefarious intentions," Swart warned.¹
The man makes his living in this industry. He knows exactly how the game works.
Swart told Fox News that both domestic and foreign forces "actually want to pull America apart."²
"These aren't left or right actors. They're people making money off chaos," Swart explained.²
He calls it the "protest industry" — consultants, operatives, and influencers building brands and bank accounts from political outrage instead of advancing real causes.
"I could make 10 times more if I said yes to everything," Swart admitted. "But I don't want to be part of the noise."²
U.S. intelligence agencies already warned that Russia, China, and Iran use disinformation to fuel division and could incite unrest around major political events.
Swart's seeing it happen in real-time through the contracts flooding his company.
He turned down $20 million — you read that right, $20 million — in July to provide demonstrators for anti-Trump protests.
"I'm rejecting it not because I don't want to take the business but because, frankly, this is going to be ineffective," Swart said. "It's going to make us all look bad."³
Someone offered him $20 million to hire protesters. Let that sink in. Who has that kind of money to throw at street protests?
The Left's dark money machine is about to be dragged into the sunlight
Democrats have been caught red-handed.
For years — years — they dismissed every claim about paid protesters as lunatic conspiracy theories.
George Soros funds demonstrations? You're crazy. Dark money networks organizing protests? Paranoid nonsense. Professional agitators getting paid to cause chaos? Right-wing fever dreams.
The media ran interference every single time, debunking and "fact-checking" anyone who dared suggest protests weren't organic grassroots movements.
Now the CEO of America's most prominent protest-for-hire company is begging Congress to expose exactly who's bankrolling the whole operation.
And the money trail leads exactly where conservatives said it did all along.
Soros' Open Society Foundations dumped $7.61 million into Indivisible, the group behind those massive "No Kings" protests against President Trump.⁴
The same foundations shoveled $700,000 to Education for Just Peace in the Middle East, which operates as the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights and paid campus organizers through fellowship programs.⁵
Those campus protests that erupted across America? Yeah, Soros money flowed to the groups training and paying the organizers.
But here's how they hid it — deliberately opaque nonprofit networks designed to obscure the money trail.
That's exactly what Swart's proposed law would blow wide open.
"These funding networks can be used to hide support for violent activities," Swart warned Congress.³
Democrats spent years building this infrastructure while simultaneously denying it exists.
Senator Ted Cruz already introduced legislation allowing the DOJ to hit protest funders with RICO charges if their demonstrations turn violent.
"George Soros is writing the checks behind the 'No Kings' rallies and countless other groups who engage in or facilitate riots and political violence," Cruz said.⁴
President Trump accused Soros of funding the protests. The media rushed to Soros' defense like he was some innocent philanthropist being unfairly attacked.
Except Trump was right. Again.
And now even the CEO profiting from the paid protest racket admits the system has spiraled completely out of control.
"This isn't about stopping protest; it's about protecting it," Swart said. "The First Amendment only works when Americans know who's paying."³
Every conservative who got called a conspiracy theorist for pointing out paid protesters deserves an apology.
Democrats built an entire protest-industrial complex funded by billionaire oligarchs and hidden behind nonprofit shells.
The man running the operation just offered to testify about the whole corrupt enterprise.
That's not vindication — that's total victory.
¹ Diana Falzone, "Paid protest CEO urges Congress to pass law exposing who funds demonstrations," The Hill, November 12, 2025.
² Preston Mizell, "Crowd-hire CEO warns America's protest culture exploited by paid agitators," Fox News, October 12, 2025.
³ Ibid.
⁴ Preston Mizell, "Soros foundations helping fund anti-Trump 'No Kings' protests nationwide," Fox News, October 10, 2025.
⁵ Snopes Staff, "Rumors Say George Soros Is Funding Pro-Palestine Demonstrations at US Universities. Here Are the Facts," Snopes, April 30, 2024.
