White House Ballroom Megadonors Revealed - Public Citizen
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — One year after President Trump hosted a lavish White House candlelight dinner banquet to thank donors to his…
  • Sunflier@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    2 days ago

    Saved you a click:

    a Public Citizen analysis of public records and reporting identified eight of the ten top donors: five corporations, two billionaires, and one CEO:

    Apple gave $25 million, according to reporting

    Adelson Family Foundation gave $25 million, according to reporting

    The third $25 million donor has not yet been identified

    Alphabet/Google gave $22 million, according to court records

    Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation gave $20.2 million, according to tax records

    The $12.5 million donor has not yet been identified

    Lockheed Martin gave $10 million, according to reporting

    Microsoft gave $10 million, according to reporting

    Palantir gave $10 million, according to reporting

    Paolo Tiramani, CEO of BOXABL, gave approximately $10 million, according to a press release

  • Ooops@feddit.org
    37·
    2 days ago

    “Ballroom donations” a.k.a. the public front used to pay bribes to Trump for completely unrelated stuff…

    • Guy Dudeman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      2 days ago

      I did not expect to see Boxabl and had to look it up. It seemed like the kind of company I would be interested in supporting. But yeah, looks like they just found an opportunity to bribe their way in to a FEMA contract.