Florida Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, Angie Nixon – yes, that Angie Nixon — the one who used a pink megaphone on the floor of the Florida House to protest a redistricting vote — could be facing years behind bars.
Nixon is facing a new ethics complaint and criminal referral alleging violations of federal and state law connected to roughly $270,000 raised by a nonprofit she founded and its relationship with her Jacksonville bookstore, black-themed Cafe Resistance.
The National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative government-ethics watchdog, filed the complaint Tuesday with multiple federal and Florida agencies, accusing Nixon and potentially others involved with the operation of engaging in an improper charitable solicitation scheme. The allegations have not resulted in criminal charges, and the filing itself does not establish that Nixon violated the law.
At the center of the complaint is the Moxie Group Inc., Nixon’s nonprofit organization, which reported raising more than $270,000 in 2024 while Nixon promoted donations as supporting Cafe Resistance, a bookstore and coffee shop she launched in Jacksonville.
According to financial information previously reported by the Washington Free Beacon, the nonprofit received approximately $144,000 of its 2024 revenue through grants from organizations including the Groundswell Fund, Women Donors Network and Amalgamated Charitable Foundation.
Questions about the money arose because Cafe Resistance was ultimately placed under Nixon’s separate for-profit company, Moxie Group LLC, rather than the nonprofit that had solicited donations in connection with the project.
A financial report filed with Florida showed the nonprofit spent approximately $14,000 on occupancy expenses and $19,400 on contract workers during 2024, while approximately $214,000 was categorized simply as “other” expenses.
The watchdog argues that Nixon’s failure to file a federal Form 990 has prevented regulators and the public from receiving a more detailed accounting of those expenditures and the financial relationship between the nonprofit and for-profit entities.
IRS instructions generally require tax-exempt organizations with gross receipts of at least $200,000 to file Form 990, which includes disclosures covering finances, activities, governance and compensation. The Free Beacon reported that Nixon’s organization had not filed its required 2024 Form 990 even though its deadline had passed, an issue the NLPC cited as part of its complaint.
The complaint raises an additional allegation involving donations collected after Nixon says the nonprofit was dissolved in December 2025. According to the Free Beacon, donation solicitations associated with the organization remained active into September 2026 and offered donors receipts representing their contributions as tax deductible.
NLPC attorney Paul Kamenar argues that soliciting charitable contributions for an organization that had already been dissolved could constitute wire fraud and violations of Florida consumer-protection law. Kamenar called for federal and Florida authorities to subpoena banking records belonging to Nixon, the nonprofit, the for-profit bookstore and her campaign to determine how the charitable contributions were ultimately spent.
The complaint was sent to agencies including the IRS, Federal Election Commission, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida, Florida Attorney General’s Office and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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The Florida Department of Agriculture had already begun examining whether Nixon’s charity solicited contributions after its state registration expired, according to an agency spokesman quoted in previous reporting.
The watchdog also alleges that Cafe Resistance improperly provided Nixon’s Senate campaign with free use of the business for political events, including campaign rallies, phone banks and fundraisers, potentially raising separate questions under federal campaign-finance law.
Nixon’s finances have already attracted scrutiny during her Senate campaign, with NLPC filing an earlier complaint alleging she omitted nearly $14,000 in IRS debt and more than $17,000 in student-loan debt from federal candidate financial disclosures despite listing the liabilities on a Florida disclosure.
Separately, the Federal Election Commission has sought additional information from Nixon’s campaign regarding contribution and reporting discrepancies, including an unexplained reduction of nearly $79,000 in previously reported receipts.
