Timothy Mellon, a conservative banking heir, has given $75 million to Trump’s super PAC and $25 million to a pro-Kennedy group
Conservative billionaire Timothy Mellon donated $50 million to a super PAC supporting Donald Trump on May 31, the day after the former president was convicted 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 a Rolling Stone review of campaign finance records.
He 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.
Mellon, a scion of the famous banking magnate Andrew Mellon, has drawn criticism in the past for using racist stereotypes in his autobiography.
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