1. Who chooses to spend $800,000+ to help Trump become the next president? We got a peak this week when a new joint fundraising committee, Trump 47, filed its first FEC report The filing revealed 20 people have donated $800,000 or more Follow along for the gory details 🧵
2. Jose "Pepe" Fanjul ($814,600) ✅ Controls sugar empire, an industry that receives billions in annual subsidies from the US gov't ✅ In 2022, Dominican Republic subsidiary banned from importing goods to the US after CBP found evidence of "the use of forced labor" ✅ Employed white nationalist as an "executive assistant"
3. Steve Wynn ($806,300) ✅ Billionaire casino mogul ✅ Forced to resign following @WSJ report that, for decades, he pressured employees into performing sex acts ✅ Sued by Justice Dept in 2022 for lobbying Trump on behalf of the Chinese gov't without registering as a foreign agent
4. Geoffrey Palmer ($814,600) ✅ Real estate tycoon ✅ Calls efforts to increase affordable housing "immoral" and "not American.” ✅ Sued LA to stop eviction moratorium at height of pandemic ✅ Accused in class-action lawsuit of illegally withholding security deposits (settled for 12.5 million)
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@JuddLegum @WSJ Are you sure this isn’t a wax museum dummy?
@JuddLegum @WSJ Geoffrey Palmer, worth $3.1 BILLION, owns G. H. Palmer Associates in Beverly Hills CA. It would be a shame if you filled up their voicemail and email. 310-207-3100 [email protected]
@JuddLegum @WSJ Geoffrey Palmer is also the builder of the most hideous buildings on the west coast