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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSecret donations are helping to boost President Trump's agenda, fights with investigators
WASHINGTON Groups spending millions in anonymous donations are leading the outside efforts to either defend President Trump or sell his agenda with voters and Congress, despite the presidents repeated calls to drain the swamp in Washington of special-interest money.
The political empire affiliated with billionaire Charles Koch has spent $2 million to date to advance Trumps tax-cut blueprint and will hold events this week in Washington to kick off the next phase of its multimillion-dollar campaign to drive congressional support for a comprehensive tax plan to slice corporate tax rates and enact broader tax cuts.
Americans for Prosperity, the Koch networks grass-roots arm, already has 50 events scheduled in August and September to help promote the tax plan.
The pro-Trump Great America Alliance is spending $450,000 on a TV and digital ad that casts special counsel Robert Muellers probe into possible collusion between Russia and Trumps campaign as a rigged game.
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katmondoo
(6,455 posts)to destroy democracy. After they destroy our Democracy they will find making more and keeping it will be a problem.
DBoon
(22,357 posts)they have enough money to buy the government.