Newsweek has analyzed attendees at an event last weekend that raised $50.5 million for the former president.
The group of billionaires who co-hosted a fundraiser for Donald Trump on Saturday included a business magnate who was previously at the center of a sexual misconduct scandal and a someone who has compared tax increases to Nazism, Newsweek analysis shows.Trump, having amassed vast legal bills and struggling to rake in as much cash as his rival, President Joe Biden, turned to the group of billionaires to help boost his presidential coffers.
' Wynn resigned from his post as RNC finance chair and paid a $10 million fine.Todd RickettsRicketts is the co-owner of the Chicago Cubs and was previously the finance chairman of the Republican National Committee. According to records obtained by The Chicago Tribune, he avoided paying taxes on his home for nearly a decade.Harold HammHamm is the chairman of an oil company, Continental Resources. He has lobbied for tax breaks on oil companies.
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