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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember how Moscow Mitch McConnell had a weird 35 million $$ acct that he
"didn't want to tap into, but would if he had to"? during the 2016 campaign
I wonder where THAT came from.
Weird, right?
on edit: to add that this was the 2016 campaign
FreepFryer
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(4,146 posts)tanyev
(42,615 posts)canetoad
(17,184 posts)Mentions $35 mill. from the Adelsons. No mention of Russians in the article, and there are no mentions of $35 mill or the Adelsons in the link you posted. You really need to reference your posts properly.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2016/12/15/adelsons-give-15m-more-mcconnell-super-pac/95463758/
Adelsons give $15M more to McConnell super PAC
Published 9:50 a.m. ET Dec. 15, 2016 | Updated 10:03 a.m. ET Dec. 15, 2016
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam gave another $15 million late in the fall campaign to Sen. Mitch McConnells super PAC devoted to electing Republicans to the U.S. Senate.
That brought the Adelsons' total contributions to Senate Leadership Fund to $35 million dwarfing even other billionaire donors who have given seven-figure amounts to the political causes of McConnell over the last eight years.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)Here's a source of his money
http://eureka.news/free-parking-59/
Mitch enters the story through his brother-in-law, Jim Breyer, a global tech venture capitalist. Mitch is married to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, and Jims married to her sister, Angela, CEO of the familys shipping enterprise.
The story seems to begin in 2005 when Jim invested in Facebook and joined their board. At an international tech summit in 2009 he met Kremlin backed Yuri Milner, a Russian tech entrepreneur, along with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin-Salman (MBS).
Milner and Breyer began working together through Milners company, DST, and then circuitously, Milner bought stock and later a board seat at Facebook and Twitter. Consequently, Russia owns 8% of Facebook and 5% of Twitter with Putins agent on those social media boards.
more at link