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September 8, 2022
Trump’s political operation raised over $500 million after 2020 election despite increased scrutiny
 
 

Former President Donald Trump’s political operation has raised more than $500 million since the 2020 presidential election while using donor money to pay millions of dollars in legal bills and steer millions more to the coffers of Jan. 6 rally organizers, a new OpenSecrets analysis of federal campaign finance filings found.

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“Pop-up” super PAC launches new attack ad targeting Don Bolduc in NH Senate GOP primary


White Mountain PAC has poured over $4.6 million into the U.S. Senate GOP primary in New Hampshire, but the pop-up super PAC won’t have to disclose its donors until after the polls close.

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Private equity and hedge fund industries pour nearly $347.7 million into 2022 midterms


Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) are among the top recipients of contributions from the private equity and investments industry.

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OpenSecrets in the News

See our media citations from outlets around the nation this week:

Amazon Care is dead, but the tech giant’s health-care ambitions live on (The Washington Post)
Moving Health Home spent $440,000 on lobbying the federal government in 2021, and an additional $220,000 in the first half of 2022, according to OpenSecrets, which tracks the influence of money in politics. 

Is Mike Franken keeping no-corporate-PAC pledge? (Sioux City Journal)
Corporate PAC donations are largely about granting access to members of Congress, said Pete Quist, deputy research director for OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan group that tracks campaign donations.


Why is Nomi Health donating to key Democrats in blue state Hawaii after giving big to GOP? (USA Today)
Brendan Glavin, a senior data analyst for the campaign finance site OpenSecrets in Washington, D.C., said the giving to Democrats in Hawaii indicates political ideology is not a driving factor for Newman or Nomi after giving heavily to Republicans.

 


 

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