how did wallstreet donate to hillary and trump campaigns

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How much did Hillary Clinton donate to the Clinton Foundation?

May 09, 2016 · Clinton's campaign has said it raised a total of $213 million through April. Donald Trump, now the presumptive GOP nominee, hasn't received more than 1 percent of donations coming from Wall Street ...

How much did Wall Street donate in 2020?

Apr 16, 2021 · Wall Street spent a record $2.9 billion on campaign donations and lobbying in 2019 and 2020, a report suggests. It donated heavily in favor of Biden over Trump. Bloomberg LP was the top donor. Sen ...

How much money did Trump get from Wall Street?

Oct 29, 2020 · Wall Street donations favor Trump rival Joe Biden by smaller margin than Hillary Clinton The securities and investment industry has donated $74.4M to Biden and $18.1M to …

Can foreigners donate to Hillary Clinton's campaign?

Feb 24, 2022 · Greene said, "Ukraine was the No. 1 donor to Hillary Clinton when she was running for president." Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign did …

How much money did Wall Street spend on campaign donations?

Wall Street spent a record $2.9 billion on campaign donations and lobbying in 2019 and 2020, a report suggests. It donated heavily in favor of Biden over Trump. Bloomberg LP was the top donor. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat, received more money than any other current member of Congress. See more stories on Insider's business page.

How much did the financial services industry spend on campaign donations?

Financial-services firms and trade associations, as well as their employees, spent a record $2.9 billion on campaign donations and lobbying in the 2019-20 election cycle, according to a new report by Americans for Financial Reform (AFR).

How much money did the current congressional candidates receive?

Current congressional candidates received $311 million in contributions from the financial sector to their campaign committees and leadership PACs, according to the AFR. The 10 current members of Congress who received the largest amounts were: Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) — $6.5 million. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) — $6.3 million.

How much did the financial services sector give in 2020?

The financial-services sector gave $982.8 million in party-coded contributions across 2019 and 2020 through both individual employee donations and PACs, the report said. Of this, 47% went to Republicans and 53% went to Democrats.

When did AFR report?

AFR based its analysis on contributions reported by both financial-services companies and trade associations and individual employees between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020. CNBC first reported on its findings.

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Chevron icon. It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Politics. Wall Street spent a record $2.9 billion on political contributions and lobbying in 2019 and 2020, a new study shows. Here's who spent, and received, the most cash.

History of Donald Trump's political donations

While Donald Trump donated $175,860 more to Democrats than Republicans from 1989 to 2010, his giving to Democrats significantly decreased beginning 2011.

Donald Trump's political contributions by year, 1989-2015

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Claim

Hillary Clinton illegally donated $700,000 to the political campaign of the wife of the FBI director who was supervising the investigation into her use of a private email server.

Origin

In July 2015, government investigators announced that they had discovered classified information in the private email setup that Hillary Clinton had used during her tenure as U.S. Secretary of State. and the FBI opened an investigation into the matter of whether Clinton had mishandled sensitive government information.