Timothy Mellon, a conservative billionaire, has given $75 million to Trump’s super PAC and $25 million to a pro-Kennedy group.
in his New York hush money trial. Mellon has now given a total of $75 million to support the pro-Trump super PAC this election cycle, according to aHe has also donated $25 million to a super PAC promoting the independent candidate Robert Kennedy Jr., who is viewed by many Democrats as a potential spoiler candidate who could help cost President Joe Biden the election.
Taken together, Mellon has donated roughly 42 percent of the total raised by the super PACs boosting Trump and Kennedy. The organizations, which can accept contributions of any size, are vital for both candidates’ campaigns. So far, MAGA Inc. has spent $68 million on independent expenditures aiding Trump’s primary and general election campaigns this election cycle. Kendrick Lamar Performs 'Not Like Us' for the First Time at Juneteenth ConcertThe New York Times
, telling the paper that it had raised $70 million in May. It turns out $50 million — or more than 70 percent of that haul — came from one donor, Mellon, immediately after Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes. , the super PAC intends to spend its recent donations to help Trump win Black and Latino voters, and also support his campaign in key Rust Belt states.
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