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NEW: A Ukrainian born billionaire who does biz w/ Russian oligarchs is funding Trump's legal representation via RNC http://on.wsj.com/2xuneXc
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sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)Then it does.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Why don't you people listen?!
Is it corruption yet?
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,775 posts)Plus the Dotards silence is deafening.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)-snip-
Donald Trump and the political action committees for Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Lindsey Graham, John Kasich and John McCain accepted $7.35 million in contributions from a Ukrainian-born oligarch who is the business partner of two of Russian president Vladimir Putin's favorite oligarchs and a Russian government bank.
During the 2015-2016 election season, Ukrainian-born billionaire Leonard "Len" Blavatnik contributed $6.35 million to leading Republican candidates and incumbent senators. Mitch McConnell was the top recipient of Blavatnik's donations, collecting $2.5 million for his GOP Senate Leadership Fund under the names of two of Blavatnik's holding companies, Access Industries and AI Altep Holdings, according to Federal Election Commission documents and OpenSecrets.org.
Marco Rubio's Conservative Solutions PAC and his Florida First Project received $1.5 million through Blavatnik's two holding companies. Other high dollar recipients of funding from Blavatnik were PACS representing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at $1.1 million, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham at $800,000, Ohio Governor John Kasich at $250,000 and Arizona Senator John McCain at $200,000.
In January, Quartz reported that Blavatnik donated another $1 million to Trump's Inaugural Committee. Ironically, the shared address of Blavatnik's companies is directly across the street from Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York.
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Full article:
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Thanks for the reminder.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)what a disgrace: Comrade Casino, the republican Draft-Dodger-&-Dotard-in-Chief, and his whole stinkin cabal of colluding republican cronies.
Lock them up.
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)As is David Koch.
They do a lot of this kind of giving as "cover" imo.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/04/blavatnik_accelerator_donation/
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Their machine is involved, from the looks of it. Where does it end?
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Richard Uihlein, a Wisconsin shipping magnate, and his wife, Elizabeth, together gave more than $200,000 to the legal fund last month, according to FEC filings.
Billionaire investor Charles Schwab gave more than $100,000 in July, as did former Home Depot Chief Executive Bernard Marcus and his wife, Wilma. Billionaire Robert Mercer, a top Trump donor; casino owner and longtime Trump friend Phil Ruffin; and a political-action committee funded by Comcast Corp. also have given to the fund, filings show.