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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried gave $2,900 to Durbin’s campaign and $5,000 to his leadership PAC in March, a fact that Durbin said he was unaware of until asked about it by a reporter outside the hearing
Masters’ campaign has been effectively bankrolled through support from a super PAC backed by his former boss, venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
Among them were more than $22,000 from a corporate PAC and executives of Dallas-based Axxess, a home health technology company.
Masters made personal wealth in the technology startup world and then worked in leadership for billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel, who has put $10 million into a super PAC backing the campaign
Donors included Country First, the leadership PAC of Illinois GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger; and the Value In Electing Women PAC.
Lifesciences; and Visa did not respond to CQ Roll Call’s inquiries on how the Jan. 6 attack affected their political spending policies, including decisions on which candidates the company backs through PAC
A Thiel-backed super PAC is also supporting Masters.
Spokespersons for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic-aligned House Majority PAC did not respond to requests for comment.