Donald Trump’s close financial ties to Energy Transfer Partners, operators of the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline, have been laid bare, with the presidential candidate invested in the company and receiving more than $100,000 in campaign contributions from its chief executive.
Trump’s financial disclosure forms show the Republican nominee has between $500,000 and $1m invested in Energy Transfer Partners, with a further $500,000 to $1m holding in Phillips 66, which will have a 25% stake in the Dakota Access project once completed. The information was disclosed in Trump’s monthly filings to the Federal Election Commission, which requires candidates to disclose their campaign finance information on a regular basis.
The financial relationship runs both ways. Kelcy Warren, chief executive of Energy Transfer Partners, has given $103,000 to elect Trump and handed over a further $66,800 to the Republican National Committee since the property developer secured the GOP’s presidential nomination.
On 29 June, Warren made $3,000in donations to Trump’s presidential campaign. The limit for individual contributions to a candidate is $2,700 per election and it’s unclear whether Trump returned $300 to Warren. Trump’s campaign was contacted for comment.
Warren made a further $100,000 donation to the Trump Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee among Trump’s campaign, the RNC and 11 state parties, on 29 June. A day earlier, the Energy Transfer Partners chief executive doled out $66,800 in two separatedonations to the RNC.
Full story at the Guardian. All I have right now is a lot of fucking cussing, and feeling like I’m going to vomit. Crispy fuckin’ Christ onna stick. I’m going back to work.
For some unfatohmable, obscure reason I totally failed to be surprised.
Me too, Charly. It’s no secret that Trump thinks the Lakota blocking Keystone XL was a big ol’ tragedy, he’s talked about it enough times, saying “when I’m president, that will go through!” and so on.
I think of the protectors, and I shudder and how much blood could be spilt, if that’s his position on the pipeline.
But no, not surprised.
I’m thinking of making a Trump Tumbril. Yuge and comfy, the best.
I’m so not surprised that the US media have ignored that bit news. The guardian is doing pretty good coverage on DAPL.
I am glad Trump’s gonna lose (I’m still voting because I want Pennsylvania to flip) because of he wins it may be time to start organizing an insurgency.
If that ass pustule wins, and he tries to reinstate Keystone XL, there will be a war. That pipeline goes straight across Pine Ridge rez.
Wouldn’t he be expected to divest his business interests if he won? I never got that part: a businessman with his short little fingers in lots of pies can hardly be expected to legislate matters pie-related. Has Trump ever said what he’d do if elected other than move the executive office to one of his properties and pay himself rent, or rent air force 2.1 from his own stable of jets? He’d probably flip the wall-building project to trumpwalls.com. Such a feast of corruption as to make Crassus mildly envious.