Donors Get DA Data via Consultants

The article reports a Wren consultant asking Los Angeles DA George Gascón’s office for confidential sentencing data to “satisfy” funders, while the office held a $180,000 contract with Wren. It also shows donors (e.g., Vital Projects Fund’s David Menschel; Open Philanthropy’s Cari Tuna) financing Wren’s work and brokering access to DA offices. — If outside funders can obtain sensitive prosecutorial data through embedded consultants, it blurs lines between public justice functions, private influence, and data governance.