The White House financial disclosure forms are out tonight and this one on Steve Bannon caught our eye. According to the disclosure, Bannon made $125,000 from Cambridge Analytica, a firm owned by the Mercer family:
Per new disclosures: Stephen Bannon made 125k from Cambridge Analytica last year and owns $1-5 million stake.
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) March 31, 2017
Steve Bannon earned $1.3 million last year. $377K of that came from entities affiliated w/the Mercers–Breitbart, GAO, Cambridge Analytica.
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) March 31, 2017
Now this might be an issue as Ted Cruz was Cambridge’s client in 2016 while Bannon and Breitbart were pushing Donald Trump:
KEY dynamic: Cambridge was working for CRUZ during the primary but Bannon was boosting TRUMP at Breitbart… https://t.co/d9ed5FpTyL
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) March 31, 2017
More interesting: He consulted for Cambridge Analytica, a vendor to the Cruz campaign, while running Breitbart, which gutted Cruz daily https://t.co/QOmiKscXpX
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) April 1, 2017
An anonymous Cruz adviser told Politico’s Shane Goldmacher that this isn’t sitting well:
NEW: Cruz adviser responds, telling me: “It makes me sick to my stomach and may reach a new ethical low in politics…" https://t.co/9L3yboo4es
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) April 1, 2017
People have questions:
I do not think the 2016 GOP Primary was remotely on the level. https://t.co/LZ3uEE9kRk
— Jeff Hauser (@jeffhauser) April 1, 2017
Hey @maggieNYT — remember how sure I was Cruz was going to win? I wonder who'd of won a fair fight. https://t.co/LZ3uEE9kRk
— Jeff Hauser (@jeffhauser) April 1, 2017
Missouri's Jeff Roe crowed about Cambridge's work for Cruz.
Did Cambridge just aid Cruz to knock out real contenders, hand mantle to Trump? https://t.co/BDSlCy8xfb— Yael T. Abouhalkah (@YaelTAbouhalkah) April 1, 2017
If I were Ted Cruz and I didn't know this, I might wonder if Cambridge Analytica's services were provided in good faith. https://t.co/sfDj2cNFjt
— Fred N. (@LesserFrederick) April 1, 2017
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