December 11, 2016
IF RUDY AND CHRISTIE HAD MONEY THEY'D HAVE JOBS:
Six donors that Trump appointed gave almost $12 million with their families to back his campaign and the party (Matea Gold and Anu Narayanswamy, December 9 , 2016, Washington Post)
With his choice of restaurant executive Andrew Puzder to serve as his Labor secretary, President-elect Donald Trump has now tapped six big donors and fundraisers to serve in his administration, lining up an unprecedented concentration of wealthy backers for top posts.Together with their families, Trump's nominees gave $11.6 million to support his presidential bid, his allied super PACs and the Republican National Committee, according to a Washington Post analysis of federal campaign filings.One single appointee -- WWE co-founder Linda McMahon -- contributed $7.5 million to back his White House run before Trump selected her to run the Small Business Administration this week. She and her husband Vince were also the top outside donors to Trump's private foundation.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 11, 2016 1:34 PM