‘Swampy symbiosis’: fossil fuel industry has more clout than ever under Trump
by Peter Stone in Washington from on (#4R9QN)
Lobbyists are giving millions to help Trump win in 2020, after reaping a regulatory windfall that benefited their bottom lines
Robert Murray, a coal magnate who forged ties in 2016 with Donald Trump as he championed reviving the beleaguered coal industry, hosted a fundraising dinner this July in West Virginia that hauled in an estimated $2.5m for the president's re-election coffers.
Texas lobbyist Jeff Miller, who has several big fossil fuel clients and ran energy secretary Rick Perry's 2016 presidential campaign, raised about $1m in this year's second quarter for the Trump Victory Committee, campaign filings show.
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