Mystery contributions to Romney campaign by disappearing corporate straw man; phantom company vanishes after making donation to milliion-dollar Romney Super Pac 'Restore Our Future'

The sickening result of Chief Justice Roberts'
victory in gutting 103-year-old restrictions
on anything-goes corporate campaign
contributions (Photo: Slate)

The $1 million. no-footprints donations to a Mitt Romney “SuperPAC” demonstrated anything-goes fundraising given the green light by the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial, 5-to-4 Citizens United decision.

Nevertheless, media heavyweights like the New York Times and The Huffington Post are very intrigued at how a mysterious company called W Spann LLC formed in March, put $1 million into a political committee backing Mitt Romney, and then dissolved with no record on who its owners were on what business they did.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer took note of where the other two veiled contributions to Romney originated:

But it’s not easy to see where pro-Romney donations are coming fron. Two Utah-based corporations, based in Provo, each gave $1 million to Restore Our Future — Eli Publishing, Inc., and a nameless outfit called F8 LLC.