This is Part 2 of an ongoing Clutch Justice investigation. Part 1, “What Happened to Ambrose Sullivan,” documents the 2016 fatal hit-and-run, the forensic record, the sentencing, and the financial relationship between the Vega family’s political operation and Rep. Gina Johnsen’s campaign committees. This installment documents the full Vega Media client roster across Michigan Republican candidates and committees.
All findings are sourced to Michigan Secretary of State campaign finance filings accessed via Transparency USA and the Michigan Transparency Network (MiTN); MiCOURT records; and candidate public profiles via Ballotpedia and Gongwer News Service.
Clutch Justice contacted Rep. Gina Johnsen’s legislative office, Rep. Jamie Thompson’s office, and the Rebandt for Governor campaign for comment prior to publication. No responses were received. This report will be updated to reflect any response received after publication.
No cases referenced in this report have been adjudicated on the merits of a Clutch Justice investigation. Correction requests may be submitted to hello@clutchjustice.com with supporting documentation.
On the same day this report was published, Jeffrey Vega and David Vega appeared together as featured speakers at the “Men of God: Preparing for Battle” event at Okemos Center, 2187 University Park Drive, Okemos, Michigan 48864. The event was sponsored by Time to Lead Michigan and Kingdom Connection Network. Other featured speakers included David Lambright, who contributed $505 to the Vega Fund and appeared alongside Jeffrey Vega at the March 2025 Time to Lead event in Charlotte. Tickets were $49. The event ran 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Also on June 13, 2026, Jeff Vega posted a public Facebook video tagged with Time to Lead Michigan and Minority Voice, questioning what happened to $625,000 raised for the defense of Karmelo Anthony, a Black teenager convicted in a high-profile Texas case. His caption: “Karmelo Anthony has no money for an appeal. What happened to the 625 thousand dollars. Inquiring minds want to know.”
The Vega family’s wrongful death judgment in favor of Ambrose Sullivan’s family, entered June 29, 2018 by Judge Michael P. Hatty in Livingston County’s 44th Circuit Court, has not been reported as satisfied in any public record. The Sullivan family was last documented pursuing garnishment of income tax refunds on March 8, 2021. Jeffrey Vega, who was never charged in connection with concealing the vehicle used to kill Ambrose Sullivan, appeared on a paid public event stage today alongside his son David Vega, who served approximately five and a half months at Livingston County Jail for Sullivan’s death.
Michigan Secretary of State campaign finance records show Vega Media, the political media company connected to the family of convicted hit-and-run driver David Michael Vega, has received $81,690 from Michigan Republican candidates and committees since 2021. Beyond the $49,250 documented from Rep. Gina Johnsen’s political operation in Part 1, Vega Media received $25,015 from the Ralph Rebandt for Governor committee and $13,075 from the Friends of Jamie Thompson committee. The full Vega Fund contributor list, also sourced to Michigan SOS filings, reveals that Gina Johnsen personally contributed $5.00 to the Vega Fund as an individual, and the Gina Majority Fund contributed $5,000 directly to the Vega Fund. State Rep. Tom Kunse (R-Clare, District 100), a former transportation company owner and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee member, contributed $5,000 to the Vega Fund. Rebandt is running for Governor of Michigan in the 2026 Republican primary. Thompson is a Republican member of the Michigan House representing District 28. The Vega family’s civil wrongful death judgment, entered June 29, 2018, has not been reported as satisfied in any public record. The Sullivan family was last documented pursuing a garnishment of income tax refunds in March 2021.
Vega Media’s total documented Michigan campaign finance receipts are $81,690 across all cycles, sourced to Michigan SOS filings via Transparency USA.
Ralph Rebandt, a Republican candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2026, paid Vega Media $25,015 across seven transactions between October and December 2025. Payment categories include Broadcast Ad Expense, Consultation Expense, and Campaign Training Expense.
Rep. Jamie Thompson (R-Brownstown, House District 28) paid Vega Media $13,075 across eight transactions between August 2022 and March 2024. Thompson represents parts of Monroe and Wayne counties, geographically separate from the Vega family’s Livingston County base.
Vega Media did not appear in Rebandt’s 2022 gubernatorial campaign filings. The payments began in October 2025, after Rebandt relaunched his 2026 campaign in September 2025.
No public record documents the Sullivan family’s wrongful death judgment as satisfied. The last civil case docket entry is a garnishment disclosure dated March 8, 2021, more than five years after Ambrose Sullivan was killed.
The full Vega Fund contributor list documents $16,162 in total contributions. Gina Johnsen personally contributed $5.00 as an individual. The Gina Majority Fund contributed $5,000. State Rep. Tom Kunse (R-Clare), former owner of Northern Dry Bulk transportation company and Transportation Committee member, contributed $5,000.
Notable Vega Fund contributors beyond the Johnsen and Kunse connections include Linda Lee Tarver, a prominent Michigan Republican activist, and Shane Trejo, a Michigan political journalist and activist. David Lambright, who appeared with Jeff Vega at the March 2025 Time to Lead event, contributed $505 across two transactions.
The Full Vega Media Client Roster
Michigan Secretary of State campaign finance records, as aggregated by Transparency USA across all available cycles, show the following payments to Vega Media, listed at Howell, Michigan, from 2021 through December 2025.
As a quick aside, first and foremost, I applaud these individuals for choosing to hire a justice-impacted family. We sincerely need more of that open-mindedness. However, I am uncertain if any of them are aware of the Vegas’ failure to satisfy the civil suit.
At any rate, the documented Michigan SOS campaign finance payments span four years, three distinct candidate committees, one independent committee, and one family political committee. The first documented cash payment from any campaign committee to Vega Media is the Committee to Elect Gina Johnsen’s $4,250 on December 27, 2021.
But the Michigan SOS payment record does not capture the full timeline of the Vega Media and Gina Johnsen relationship. The Vega Media Facebook page, operating under the Vega Entertainment logo and linking to vegaentertainment.net, was producing and publicly distributing Gina Johnsen video content as early as June 2, 2019. That date is significant.
The Vega Media Facebook page was producing Gina Johnsen content for at least two and a half years before the first documented cash payment appeared in Michigan SOS filings. During the period when the Sullivan family was actively pursuing garnishment of income tax refunds, October 2020 through March 2021, Vega Media was an operating political media business producing content for a state legislative candidate. Nine months after the last documented garnishment activity, the first cash payment from Johnsen’s committee was filed with the Michigan Secretary of State.
Jeff Vega’s Instagram: The Campaign Relationship in Photographs
Jeff Vega’s personal Instagram account, @realjeffvega, contains photographs that document the Vega family’s relationship with Gina Johnsen’s political operation in visual primary source form. Two posts are particularly significant.
The September 2020 photograph is particularly significant. David Vega, a convicted felon who pleaded guilty to the death of Ambrose Ian Sullivan, is photographed at a Gina Johnsen for State Representative campaign event alongside his father Jeff Vega, who is wearing Johnsen campaign merchandise. One month later, the Sullivan family filed a writ of garnishment attempting to collect the unsatisfied wrongful death judgment against David Vega and Vega Group Inc.
Jeff Vega’s personal Instagram account @realjeffvega documents the Vega family’s physical presence at Gina Johnsen campaign events beginning no later than September 2019, more than two years before the first Michigan SOS campaign finance payment to Vega Media. The September 2020 photograph documents David Vega, a judgment debtor in the Sullivan wrongful death case, at a Johnsen campaign event one month before the Sullivan family’s income tax garnishment filing. Screenshots on file with Clutch Justice.
LLC Not in Good Standing: The Owner Identification Problem
Jeff Vega’s public social media profiles and organizational materials identify him as owner of Vega Media LLC. The Michigan LARA business registry record documented in this investigation tells a different story. Vega Media LLC, Entity ID 802128666, has been in Not Good standing with the State of Michigan since its annual report came due on February 15, 2019 and was never filed. The entity went inactive on February 16, 2021.
An LLC that fails to maintain good standing with the state cannot legally conduct business under that entity name in Michigan. Despite this, Michigan SOS campaign finance filings document Vega Media receiving $81,690 in payments from Republican candidates and committees between December 2021 and December 2025, years after the entity’s annual report lapsed and its standing went inactive.
Jeff Vega identifying himself publicly as owner of Vega Media LLC while the LLC has been in not good standing since 2019 raises a specific question: if the entity is not in good standing and cannot legally conduct business as Vega Media LLC, what legal entity has been receiving the campaign finance payments? The payments are documented in Michigan SOS filings under the Vega Media name. The entity behind that name has not maintained the required annual reporting with the State of Michigan since 2019.
Michigan LARA Entity ID 802128666: Vega Media LLC. Annual Report Standing: Not Good. Annual report due February 15, 2019. Never filed. Inactive date: February 16, 2021. Jeff Vega publicly identifies as owner of Vega Media LLC. Michigan SOS campaign finance filings document $81,690 in payments to Vega Media from December 2021 through December 2025, years after the entity’s standing lapsed. The legal entity receiving those payments has not maintained required annual reporting obligations with the State of Michigan. Source: Michigan LARA Business Entity Search, Entity ID 802128666; Transparency USA, Michigan SOS campaign finance filings.
The relationship between Vega Media and Gina Johnsen predates the first Michigan SOS campaign finance payment by at least two and a half years. During that entire period, from June 2019 through December 2021, the Sullivan family’s wrongful death judgment was outstanding. During the active garnishment period of October 2020 through March 2021, Vega Media was producing and distributing political content. Nine months after the last documented collection activity, Vega Media received $4,250 from Johnsen’s campaign committee. Source: Vega Media Facebook page (vegaentertainment.net), public posts June 2019 through September 2020; MiCOURT Case 2017-0000029572-NI garnishment records; Michigan SOS campaign finance filings via Transparency USA.
The Sullivan family obtained a wrongful death judgment on June 29, 2018. Eleven months later, Vega Media was publicly producing political content for Gina Johnsen. While the Sullivan family garnished income tax refunds trying to collect that judgment, Vega Media operated as a going political media concern. Nine months after the last documented garnishment activity, the cash payments from Johnsen’s committee began. By December 2025, Vega Media had received $81,690 from Michigan Republican candidates and committees. The Sullivan wrongful death judgment has not been reported as satisfied in any public record. That is the complete documented timeline.
The Corporate Record: Vega Media LLC
Michigan LARA business registry records, current as of June 14, 2026, document the formal corporate structure of Vega Media. The registered entity is Vega Media LLC, a Michigan domestic limited liability company, Entity ID 802128666.
A separate entity named Vega Group LLC (Entity ID 802902572) was incorporated August 18, 2022, with registered agent Christopher J Sumrall at a Detroit address. This is a different entity with no documented connection to the Vega family. The civil case defendant is Vega Group Inc. (Entity ID 800048664), incorporated February 4, 1999, registered agent Patricia A. Vega, dissolved by operation of law. Annual report due May 15, 2017. Not Good standing. These are distinct entities. The 2022 Vega Group LLC shares only a name with the civil case defendant.
The filing date is the critical fact. Jeffrey Alan Vega registered Vega Media LLC as a formal Michigan business entity on October 31, 2017. That date is 25 days after his son David Michael Vega entered a guilty plea in the felony killing of Ambrose Ian Sullivan, and 9 days before Judge Michael P. Hatty sentenced David Vega to 7 months jail. While David Vega awaited sentencing, his father incorporated the company that would go on to receive $81,690 in Michigan Republican campaign payments.
September 1, 2016: Ambrose Sullivan killed on Whitmore Lake Road. October 6, 2017: David Michael Vega pleads guilty to the felony. October 31, 2017: Jeffrey Alan Vega registers Vega Media LLC with the State of Michigan, 25 days after the guilty plea. November 9, 2017: David Vega sentenced to 7 months jail. June 29, 2018: Default wrongful death judgment entered against David Vega and Vega Group Inc. December 27, 2021: First documented campaign finance payment to Vega Media from the Johnsen campaign committee. December 2025: Most recent documented payment to Vega Media, from the Rebandt for Governor committee. Total documented Michigan Republican campaign payments: $81,690. Annual report due February 15, 2019: never filed. Source: Michigan LARA Entity ID 802128666; MiCOURT Case 2017-0000024437-FH; MiCOURT Case 2017-0000029572-NI; Michigan SOS campaign finance filings.
The registered agent is Jeffery Alan Vega. The same Jeffrey Vega who owns the Whitmore Lake warehouse where the Corvette was concealed. The same Jeffrey Vega who was never charged with accessory after the fact. The same Jeffrey Vega who serves as President of the Hispanic Leadership Initiative and appeared as a featured speaker at the Time to Lead faith events. He is the registered legal agent of the company that Republican candidates for state legislature and governor have paid $81,690 for political media services.
The entity’s annual report standing is listed as Not Good, meaning the required annual report due February 15, 2019 was never filed. The entity went inactive on February 16, 2021. Despite this, Michigan SOS campaign finance filings document Vega Media receiving payments through December 2025. The entity appears to be operating under its original registration without maintaining the required annual reporting obligations with the State of Michigan.
Jeffrey Alan Vega incorporated Vega Media LLC 25 days after his son pleaded guilty to killing Ambrose Sullivan and 9 days before sentencing. The company never filed its required annual report. Its standing with the State of Michigan is Not Good. It has received $81,690 in Michigan Republican campaign payments while the Sullivan wrongful death judgment sits unsatisfied. The registered agent is the same man who was never charged for concealing the vehicle that killed a 19-year-old walking home from work. That is the documented corporate record of Vega Media LLC.
David Vega: Early Probation Discharge and Public Media Career
MiCOURT records for State of MI v. David Vega, Case No. 2017-0000024437-FH, document that David Vega was discharged from probation on September 8, 2020, notation: “Successfully Completed.” His 36-month probation, imposed November 9, 2017, would have expired in November 2020. He was discharged approximately two months early. A September 10, 2020 docket entry records his previous address as 1349 Nicholson Road, Fowlerville, Michigan, the same address as Jeffery Vega’s personal property documented in Livingston County property records.
David Vega has a publicly listed IMDB profile documenting his professional media career. The Vega Entertainment website, archived by the Wayback Machine from 2016 through 2022, describes the company as a Howell-based film company and music production studio handling motion pictures, television, music, and commercial advertising. Jeff Vega’s direct contact information on the archived website: jeff@vegaentertainment.net, phone (810) 224-2756.
David Vega pleaded guilty to the felony killing of Ambrose Sullivan on October 6, 2017. He was discharged from probation September 8, 2020, two months early. His IMDB profile documents a professional media career. The Vega Entertainment website describes a full-service production company. The Sullivan wrongful death judgment, publicly documented at $3 million by Ambrose’s mother Kayla at welfarekayla.wordpress.com, remained unsatisfied as of March 2021. The $81,690 in documented Michigan Republican campaign payments to Vega Media began December 2021, three months after David Vega’s probation was discharged.
Ralph Rebandt for Governor: $25,015
Vega Media received $25,015 from the Rebandt for Governor committee across seven transactions between October 9, 2025 and December 23, 2025. These payments are the most recently documented Vega Media receipts in any Michigan campaign finance filing and represent a new client relationship that began after Rebandt relaunched his campaign in September 2025.
The Rebandt committee’s 2026 cycle filings through March 31, 2026 show $0 in total contributions and $0 in total expenditures on the committee overview page, which Transparency USA notes reflects data through March 31, 2026. The Vega Media payments, dated October through December 2025, appear in the all-cycles payment records sourced to the same Michigan SOS filing system. The committee appears to be operating from residual funds carried over from the 2022 cycle, which closed with a surplus.
Vega Media did not appear in Ralph Rebandt’s 2022 gubernatorial campaign filings, which documented $546,089 in total expenditures with Vip Marketing Pros ($163,112) as the top vendor. Vega Media’s first documented Rebandt payment is dated October 9, 2025, less than three weeks after Rebandt publicly relaunched his 2026 campaign. By December 23, 2025, Vega Media had received $25,015 from the Rebandt committee. This is a new client relationship, not a continuation of a prior engagement. Source: Transparency USA, Michigan SOS, Rebandt for Governor, Committee ID 520027.
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The Friends of Jamie Thompson committee paid Vega Media $13,075 across eight transactions between August 2022 and March 2024. The first payment of $125 was made August 15, 2022, followed by $75 on August 19, 2022. Payments continued through 2023 and into 2024, with the final documented transaction of $1,000 on March 1, 2024.
Thompson’s District 28 is in downriver Wayne and Monroe counties, not Livingston County. There is no documented geographic or organizational overlap between Thompson’s legislative district and the Vega family’s Livingston County base beyond the shared Vega Media vendor relationship. No public record establishes how Thompson came to engage Vega Media. The payment category fields in Thompson’s filings are blank at the transaction level in the Transparency USA database.
Friends of Jamie Thompson paid Vega Media $13,075 between August 2022 and March 2024, beginning four months before Gina Johnsen’s first Vega Media payment in December 2021 and running concurrently with Johnsen’s payments through 2024. Thompson’s legislative district is geographically distinct from Livingston County. No public record establishes the referral chain or how Thompson came to engage Vega Media. Payment purpose fields are blank in the Michigan SOS filing records. Source: Transparency USA, Michigan SOS, Friends of Jamie Thompson.
Jason Woolford: $500
Jason Woolford of Howell, Michigan paid Vega Media $500 on June 17, 2024. Woolford is a Livingston County candidate whose committee is registered in Howell. The payment is the smallest single transaction in the documented Vega Media client roster and, given the Howell address shared by both parties, represents a local engagement rather than a networked referral. Additional detail on Woolford’s specific race and committee is documented in Michigan SOS records.
The Vega Fund: A Fully Networked Political Committee
The full Vega Fund contributor list, sourced to Michigan Secretary of State filings via Transparency USA, reveals the committee is not a small family political vehicle. It raised $16,162 in total contributions from more than 60 individual and entity contributors. The contributor list connects the Vega family to multiple layers of Michigan Republican political infrastructure.
Tom Kunse: Transportation Committee Member, $5,000 to the Vega Fund
Gina Johnsen: Personal Contributor to the Vega Fund
Beyond the $49,250 paid to Vega Media from her campaign committees and the $3,500 the Gina Majority Fund paid to the Vega Fund, the Vega Fund contributor list documents Gina Johnsen as a personal individual contributor. She gave $5.00 directly to the Vega family’s own political committee. This is not a committee-to-committee transaction. This is Johnsen as a private individual writing a personal contribution to the Vega Fund, the same committee whose contributors include David Michael Vega, who pleaded guilty to the felony that killed Ambrose Sullivan.
Michigan SOS campaign finance records, via Transparency USA, document Gina Johnsen as an individual contributor to the Vega Fund at $5.00. The Gina Majority Fund contributed $5,000 to the Vega Fund as an entity. Combined, the Johnsen political operation contributed $5,005 directly to the Vega family’s own committee and paid Vega Media $49,250 across two campaign cycles. Gina Johnsen personally contributed $5.00 to a committee whose contributors include David Michael Vega, convicted in the death of Ambrose Ian Sullivan. Source: Transparency USA, Michigan SOS, Vega Fund contributor records.
The Transportation Network Thread
Four documented contributors to the Vega network share a transportation industry profile. Jeffrey Vega runs a transportation business out of Whitmore Lake, where his warehouse was used to conceal the vehicle that killed Ambrose Sullivan. Tom Kunse owned Northern Dry Bulk, a specialized transportation company, for 30 years and serves on the Michigan House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Barry Bussell, who contributed $12,500 to the Gina Majority Fund, owns I-96 Towing and Repair in Portland, Michigan. Corrigan Towing, whose family contributed $800 to Judge Hatty’s 2010 campaign and $1,000 to Prosecutor Vailliencourt’s 2020 campaign, held and transported the suspect vehicle throughout the criminal investigation.
Jeffrey Vega: transportation business, Whitmore Lake warehouse where the Corvette was hidden. Tom Kunse: former owner of Northern Dry Bulk transportation, $5,000 to the Vega Fund, Transportation Committee member. Barry Bussell: owner of I-96 Towing and Repair, $12,500 to the Gina Majority Fund. Corrigan Towing: held the suspect vehicle, transported it to and from the MSP lab, $800 to Judge Hatty’s campaign, $1,000 to Prosecutor Vailliencourt’s campaign. Every layer of the documented network that surrounds the Sullivan case has a transportation industry connection. These are documented facts in public records. Whether the industry overlap is coincidental or structural is a question the record poses but does not answer.
June 13, 2026: The Day This Report Published
On the same day this investigation was published, Jeffrey Vega and David Vega appeared together as featured speakers at a public event called “Men of God: Preparing for Battle” at the Okemos Center in Okemos, Michigan. The event was sponsored by Time to Lead Michigan and Kingdom Connection Network. Tickets were $49. Other featured speakers included David Lambright, who contributed $505 to the Vega Fund and appeared alongside Jeffrey Vega at the March 2025 Time to Lead event in Charlotte, Michigan.
David Vega, who pleaded guilty in October 2017 to the felony killing of Ambrose Ian Sullivan and served approximately five and a half months at Livingston County Jail, appeared on a paid public speaking stage alongside his father Jeffrey Vega, who was never charged in connection with the concealment of the vehicle used in Sullivan’s death. The Sullivan family’s wrongful death judgment has not been reported as satisfied in any public record. The last documented collection effort was a garnishment of income tax refunds filed March 8, 2021.
Also on June 13, 2026, Jeff Vega posted a public Facebook video tagged with Time to Lead Michigan and Minority Voice. The post commented on the case of Karmelo Anthony, a Black teenager convicted in a high-profile Texas killing whose defense was crowdfunded. Vega’s caption read: “Karmelo Anthony has no money for an appeal. What happened to the 625 thousand dollars. Inquiring minds want to know.” The post had received 34 reactions, 14 comments, and 1,300 views at the time of this report’s publication.
Jeffrey Vega and David Vega appeared as paid public speakers at a faith and leadership event in Okemos, Michigan. Jeffrey Vega posted publicly about missing funds in another defendant’s case. The Sullivan family’s wrongful death judgment against David Vega and Vega Group Inc. has not been reported as satisfied. The last documented collection effort was March 8, 2021. Vega Media has received $81,690 in Michigan Republican campaign payments since December 2021. No charges were ever brought against Jeffrey Vega for concealing the vehicle used to kill Ambrose Sullivan. These are the documented facts as of the date of this publication.
The Unsatisfied Judgment and the Income Record
The Sullivan family holds an unsatisfied civil wrongful death judgment against David Michael Vega and Vega Group Inc., entered June 29, 2018, by Judge Michael P. Hatty in Livingston County’s 44th Circuit Court, Case No. 2017-0000029572-NI. The last documented collection activity in the public court record is a garnishment disclosure filed March 8, 2021. No public record documents the judgment as satisfied.
Kayla, Ambrose Sullivan’s mother, has publicly documented the judgment amount on her blog, welfarekayla.wordpress.com. In a September 1, 2020 post she wrote: “David Vega and the Vega Company, who owe us 3 million dollars- have yet to acknowledge that they are accountable to a court verdict. They have paid nothing. Nothing. Nothing, Nothing. Three million dollar Wrongful Death lawsuit. It was $10 million, but the Dis-Honorable Judge Hattie reduces it to $3.” The MiCOURT public docket does not display the judgment amount. Clutch Justice has requested the judgment order from the 44th Circuit Court and will update this report upon receipt.
Michigan law provides judgment creditors with broad post-judgment discovery rights. Under MCR 2.621 and MCL 600.6110, a judgment creditor may compel disclosure of all assets, income, and financial activity of a judgment debtor. This includes third-party payments, business income, and government contract payments. A judgment creditor’s attorney may subpoena business records, bank records, and government payment records to identify income sources available for collection.
The Michigan Secretary of State campaign finance filings documented in this investigation constitute a public income record for Vega Media LLC, Entity ID 802128666, registered agent Jeffery Alan Vega. Those filings document $81,690 in payments from Michigan Republican candidates and committees to Vega Media between December 2021 and December 2025. Every transaction is filed with the Michigan Secretary of State and is publicly accessible through Transparency USA and the Michigan Transparency Network.
If the State of Michigan made payments to Vega Media LLC through the SIGMA financial system, those records are subject to FOIA under MCL 15.231 and would constitute additional documented income. A FOIA request to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget for all payments issued to Vega Media LLC, Entity ID 802128666, since January 2018 would establish whether state payments exist and in what amounts.
Michigan SOS campaign finance filings document $81,690 in payments to Vega Media LLC from Michigan Republican candidates and committees between December 2021 and December 2025. These filings are public records. Vega Media LLC, Entity ID 802128666, is registered to Jeffery Alan Vega, who is connected through corporate records, police reports, and civil court records to David Michael Vega, the judgment debtor in Ambrose Sullivan v. David Vega and Vega Group Inc., Case No. 2017-0000029572-NI, 44th Circuit Court. Under MCR 2.621 and MCL 600.6110, judgment creditors may pursue post-judgment discovery of debtor income and assets. The campaign finance payment record documented in this investigation is publicly available and may be relevant to outstanding collection proceedings.
The Michigan Secretary of State campaign finance filings cited in this investigation document $81,690 in payments to Vega Media LLC from Michigan Republican candidates and committees since December 2021. Vega Media LLC was incorporated by Jeffery Alan Vega on October 31, 2017, 25 days after David Michael Vega’s guilty plea in the death of Ambrose Sullivan. The entity’s registered agent is Jeffery Alan Vega. The civil wrongful death judgment in Case No. 2017-0000029572-NI, 44th Circuit Court, remains unsatisfied in the public record. All campaign finance records cited are publicly available through Transparency USA at transparencyusa.org and the Michigan Transparency Network at mi-boe.entellitrak.com. Clutch Justice can be reached at hello@clutchjustice.com.
The Property Record: Three Addresses, One Network
Livingston County property records document three distinct real property holdings connected to the Vega network, establishing the geographic and corporate footprint of the entities at the center of this investigation.
The three addresses document a layered corporate structure. The Ten Mile Road Green Oak parcel is held under Vega Entertainment, the predecessor trade name. The Howell commercial suite is held directly by Vega Media LLC. Jeffery Vega personally owns his Fowlerville residence. Combined with the LARA registered address and PO Box mailing address in Brighton, the Vega network operates across at least five documented addresses in Livingston County and the surrounding area.
Livingston County property records document Vega Entertainment owning the Ten Mile Road parcel that matches the LARA registered office for Vega Media LLC. Vega Media LLC owns a separate commercial parcel at 915 N Michigan Ave, Suite 105, Howell. Jeffery Vega personally owns 1349 Nicholson Road, Fowlerville, purchased February 2016. Three separate property holdings, two corporate entities, one family. Source: Livingston County property records, Parcel IDs 4716-99-002-072, 4717-99-002-434, 4705-29-400-010.
Patricia Vega and Linda Lee Tarver: A Documented Prior Relationship
The Vega Fund contributor list, documented in Part 1 of this investigation, includes both Patricia Vega and Linda Lee Tarver. A Michigan Court of Appeals published opinion, decided December 29, 2022, documents a prior formal institutional relationship between the two women that predates both contributions.
In Dr. Linda Lee Tarver and Patricia Vega v. Republican Women’s Federation of Michigan, Court of Appeals No. 358812 (Mich. App. Dec. 29, 2022), Patricia Vega and Linda Lee Tarver are named as co-plaintiffs in a defamation and organizational misconduct suit against the Republican Women’s Federation of Michigan and five members of its executive committee. The opinion documents that Tarver formerly served as president of the RWFM. In March 2020, Vega became acting president of the organization when the sitting president became ill.
In December 2020, a police report was filed accusing Tarver and Vega of misappropriating RWFM funds. Both were subsequently voted out of the organization. A police investigation concluded the misappropriation allegations were unfounded. Tarver and Vega then sued RWFM and executive committee members for defamation and related claims. The Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of most claims but reversed on the defamation count, remanding for an opportunity to amend the complaint.
Michigan Court of Appeals, Tarver v. Republican Women’s Federation of Michigan, No. 358812, December 29, 2022 (unpublished). Documents Patricia Vega as acting president of RWFM in March 2020 and Linda Lee Tarver as former RWFM president. Both were accused of fund misappropriation; police investigation found allegations unfounded. Both contributed to the Vega Fund in the 2022 election cycle. Tarver contributed $5.00; Patricia Vega contributed $230 across two transactions. The Court of Appeals opinion is the primary source establishing their prior institutional relationship. Source: Michigan Court of Appeals Case No. 358812; Michigan SOS campaign finance filings via Transparency USA.
What the Record Does Not Establish
The documented client roster does not establish that any individual candidate was referred to Vega Media by Rep. Johnsen or any other network actor. It establishes that Vega Media, a Howell-based political media company connected through campaign finance records to the family of convicted hit-and-run driver David Michael Vega, has received $81,690 from Michigan Republican candidates and committees across four years and multiple election cycles.
The payment purpose fields for the Johnsen and Thompson transactions are blank in the Michigan SOS filings. Rebandt’s payments are categorized as Broadcast Ad Expense, Consultation Expense, and Campaign Training Expense. The specific services rendered by Vega Media to any of these clients are not established in publicly available campaign finance filings.
This report does not establish that Rebandt, Thompson, or Woolford had knowledge of David Vega’s 2016 criminal conviction, the forensic record of the crash, or the Sullivan family’s unsatisfied wrongful death judgment when they engaged Vega Media. It establishes that they paid Vega Media, that those payments are documented in Michigan SOS filings, and that Vega Media is connected through campaign finance records to the Vega family’s own political committee, which lists David Vega and Patricia Vega as contributors.
Ambrose Ian Sullivan was 19 years old when David Michael Vega’s Corvette struck him on Whitmore Lake Road at approximately 1:40 a.m. on September 1, 2016. Vega pleaded guilty to a felony and served approximately five and a half months at Livingston County Jail. His father, Jeffrey Vega, was not charged despite the vehicle being found concealed in his warehouse. The Sullivan family filed a wrongful death suit. Both David Vega and Vega Group Inc. were found in default. A default judgment was entered June 29, 2018. The Sullivan family was still pursuing garnishment of income tax refunds in March 2021. No public record documents the judgment as satisfied. Vega Media, which shares a name, geography, and family committee membership with the Vega family, has received $81,690 in Michigan Republican campaign payments since December 2021. The Sullivan family’s publicly documented judgment amount is $3 million, reduced by Judge Hatty from $10 million, per Kayla’s account at welfarekayla.wordpress.com. Nothing has been paid. That is the complete documented record.
Instagram, @realjeffvega (Jeff Vega personal account). Post B2jrkeoAWuj, approximately September 2019: documents Gina Johnsen being filmed with David Vega operating camera, predating all Michigan SOS campaign finance payments. Post CFAJ7iNDUoS, approximately September 2020: documents Jeff Vega wearing Gina Johnsen for State Representative campaign t-shirt at campaign event with David Vega, approximately one month before Sullivan family income tax garnishment writ filed October 7, 2020. Screenshots on file with Clutch Justice.
Livingston County Property Records, searched June 14, 2026. Parcel 4716-99-002-072: Owner Vega Entertainment, 12654 Ten Mile Rd, Green Oak Township (matches LARA registered office for Vega Media LLC). Parcel 4717-99-002-434: Owner Vega Media LLC, 915 N Michigan Ave Suite 105, Howell MI 48843. Parcel 4705-29-400-010: Owner Jeffery Vega, 1349 Nicholson Rd, Fowlerville MI 48836-8204; purchased February 3, 2016 from Betty McLeod; second deed from Betty McLeod Estate recorded February 26, 2020.
Michigan Court of Appeals, Dr. Linda Lee Tarver and Patricia Vega v. Republican Women’s Federation of Michigan et al., No. 358812, Ingham Circuit Court LC No. 21-000412-CB, December 29, 2022 (unpublished per curiam). Documents Patricia Vega as acting RWFM president March 2020 and Linda Lee Tarver as former RWFM president. Police investigation of misappropriation allegations concluded findings were unfounded. Court affirmed dismissal of IIED and NCA claims; reversed and remanded on defamation. Judges: Patel P.J., Cameron and Letica JJ. courts.michigan.gov
Transparency USA, Michigan Payee: Vega Media, All Cycles (2017 to Now). Documents $81,690 total received across all committees and candidates. City of record: Howell, Michigan. transparencyusa.org
Michigan LARA Business Entity Search, searched June 14, 2026. Vega Media LLC, Entity ID 802128666, Domestic Limited Liability Company. Initial filing date October 31, 2017. Registered agent: Jeffery Alan Vega. Registered office: 12654 Ten Mile Rd, South Lyon MI 48178. Mailing address: PO Box 1164, Brighton MI 48116. Status: Active. Annual Report Standing: Not Good. Annual report due February 15, 2019, never filed. Inactive date: February 16, 2021. Management type: Member.
Vega Media Facebook page (facebook.com/VegaMedia), public posts. Documents Gina Johnsen content production beginning June 2, 2019 (“Great job Gina!”), continuing through October-November 2019 (Rafael Cruz luncheon, Veterans Day program, Fall Fundraising Dinner Charlotte, Eaton County homeless Christmas GoFundMe), February-April 2020 (“Gina For State Rep” campaign video, Michigan Conservative Minority Summit sponsored by Vega, “The Gist of It With Gina Johnsen Ep 11”), and September 10, 2020 (Eaton County event). All posts carry Vega Entertainment logo and link to vegaentertainment.net. Screenshots on file with Clutch Justice.
Vega Media Facebook page, Michigan Conservative Minority Summit event graphic, February 17, 2020. Documents Vega Media as event sponsor. Featured speakers include Dr. Linda Lee Tarver (Advisory Board Member Black Voices for Trump, NFRW Member-at-Large). Other speakers listed include Jeffery Vega. Event held April 18, 2020, Burton Manor, Livonia Michigan. Screenshots on file with Clutch Justice.
Transparency USA, Michigan Committee: Ralph Rebandt for Governor, Committee ID 520027. 2026 cycle: $0 contributions/$0 expenditures through March 31, 2026. 2022 cycle: $586,981 total contributions, $546,089 total expenditures. Vega Media payments totaling $25,015 appear in all-cycles payment records, October through December 2025. transparencyusa.org
Transparency USA, Michigan Candidate: Jamie Thompson. Friends of Jamie Thompson committee, PO Box 682 Flat Rock MI 48134. Total contributions $46,125, total expenditures $39,143. Vega Media payments $13,075 across 8 transactions August 2022 to March 2024. transparencyusa.org
Ballotpedia, Ralph Rebandt. Republican candidate, Governor of Michigan 2026 primary August 4, 2026. Relaunched campaign September 18, 2025. Former senior pastor Oakland Hills Community Church, Farmington Hills. Board of Governors, Council for National Policy. Lost 2022 Republican gubernatorial primary. ballotpedia.org
Ballotpedia and Gongwer News Service, Rep. Jamie Thompson. Republican, Michigan House District 28 (Monroe and Wayne counties), Brownstown Township. Licensed Practical Nurse. Re-elected November 5, 2024, defeating Democrat Janise Robinson. Vice Chair, House Health Policy Committee. ballotpedia.org
MiCOURT Case Search, 44th Circuit Court, Howell. Ambrose Sullivan v. David Vega and Vega Group Inc., Case ID 2017-0000029572-NI. Default judgment entered June 29, 2018. Last docket entry: garnishment disclosure, March 8, 2021. No public record documents the judgment as satisfied. Judge of Record: Hon. Michael P. Hatty.
Michigan Board of Elections, Michigan Transparency Network (MiTN). Michigan Secretary of State campaign finance filings underlying all Transparency USA data cited in this report. mi-boe.entellitrak.com
Transparency USA, Michigan Committee: Vega Fund, All Cycles, Contributors. Documents $16,162 total contributions. Top contributors: Gina Majority Fund ($5,000 entity), Tom Kunse ($5,000 individual), David Lambright ($505), David Vega ($510), Jeffrey Alan Vega ($600), Patricia Vega ($230), Jeffrey Vega II ($5), Ellen Lambright ($500), Gina Johnsen ($5.00 personal individual), Linda Lee Tarver ($5), Shane Trejo ($22). Source: Michigan SOS filings via Transparency USA. transparencyusa.org
Michigan House Republicans and Ballotpedia, Rep. Tom Kunse (R-Clare, District 100). Republican, Michigan House District 100, Mecosta/Osceola/Lake/Clare counties. Former owner, Northern Dry Bulk specialized transportation company, 30 years (sold January 2024). Michigan House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee member. Elected 2022, re-elected 2024. gophouse.org
Clutch Justice, “What Happened to Ambrose Sullivan,” June 11, 2026. Documents the 2016 crash, forensic record, sentencing, Jeffrey Vega non-prosecution, Corrigan network, Metz attorney connection, Johnsen campaign finance relationship, civil case, and faith network. clutchjustice.com
Williams, Rita. The Vega Network, Part 2: $81,690 in Campaign Funds, One Unsatisfied Judgment, Clutch Justice (June 11, 2026), https://clutchjustice.com/2026/06/11/vega-media-network-michigan-republicans/.
Williams, R. (2026, June 11). The Vega network, part 2: $81,690 in campaign funds, one unsatisfied judgment. Clutch Justice. https://clutchjustice.com/2026/06/11/vega-media-network-michigan-republicans/
Williams, Rita. “The Vega Network, Part 2: $81,690 in Campaign Funds, One Unsatisfied Judgment.” Clutch Justice, 11 June 2026, clutchjustice.com/2026/06/11/vega-media-network-michigan-republicans/.
Williams, Rita. “The Vega Network, Part 2: $81,690 in Campaign Funds, One Unsatisfied Judgment.” Clutch Justice, June 11, 2026. https://clutchjustice.com/2026/06/11/vega-media-network-michigan-republicans/.
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