Gargar's son-in -law spent $27 million on school boards

A company owned by Merrick Garland's son-in-law racked up at least $27 million from school boards and supported 1,500 U.S. school systems, raising questions about potential conflicts of interest posed by the AG's attempt to investigate school board protests.

The issue got steam earlier this month with a focus on Panorama Education, a technology company that endorses the type of left-leaning ideas that parents have opposed in school districts across the U.S.

Since its founding in 2012, it's unclear how much Panorama has received, but Forbes.com reported last week that school districts and states paid the company at least $27 million from 2017 to 2020. Forbes said it arrived at this figure by using Openthebooks.com's data, which claims to have filed 40,000 Freedom of Information Act requests and successfully captured $6 trillion in public expenditures. Since 2017 it has reportedly experienced a four-fold growth in business. The number of schools it worked with grew from 400 to 1,500, as noted in a recent press release.

In September, Panorama Education announced that it had received a $60 million investment from multiple entities.

The press release helped indicate the extent to which the attorney general family was involved in U.S. education.

Panorama said it supported 13 million students in districts of all shapes and sizes. 500 of the largest 100 districts in the country and state agency agencies use Panorama Education, including the New York City Department of Education, Clark County School District Nevada Dallas ISD Texas and Hawaii Department of Education. One in four American students is enrolled in a district served by Panorama Education today, it added.

Panorama did not respond to the Forbes report, but instead offered FOX Business to the business FAQ.