Billionaires, Corporations Helped Fund Transition
FEB 23 2017, 3:38 PM ET
by CARRIE LEVINE, CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY and MICHAEL BECKEL
The nonprofit formed to handle President Donald Trump's transition raised about $6.5 million in private contributions, fueled in part by corporate interests, billionaires and lobbyists, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of a new federal filing.
The transition nonprofit had spent roughly $4.7 million of this money as of Feb. 15.
Notable among Trump's transition supporters are lobbyists and the firms that employ them.
While Trump's inauguration committee banned contributions from lobbyists — part of Trump's "drain the swamp" effort — the transition operation did not, and many lobbyists eagerly helped raise money ...
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