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Rick Jackson Paid $6 Million for the Right to Decide Who Gets Sued Over a Failed 'Anti-Woke' Bank. The Other Billionaires in the Fight Haven't Been Sued.

Rick Jackson Paid $6 Million for the Right to Decide Who Gets Sued Over a Failed 'Anti-Woke' Bank. The Other Billionaires in the Fight Haven't Been Sued.

A bankruptcy court approved a deal letting a company backed by Jackson's investment firm pursue GloriFi's lawsuits, with the first $6 million-plus of any winnings and a share of the rest that starts at 80%. The estate has sued the founder, law firms and vendors, but not the other billionaires caught up in the fight. Jackson's campaign won't say whether he'd step back as governor.

Corruption & EthicsBillionaires & Big Business Georgia
John James Voted Twice to Protect Trump's Tariffs. His Family's Auto Logistics Company Sells Help Coping With Them — and Paid His Family's Accounts Over $1 Million Last Year.

John James Voted Twice to Protect Trump's Tariffs. His Family's Auto Logistics Company Sells Help Coping With Them — and Paid His Family's Accounts Over $1 Million Last Year.

James Group, the Detroit auto-parts logistics company that James and a trust for his children hold stakes in, pitches supply chain risk services to automakers dealing with 'evolving trade policies.' His own disclosure shows his stake and a trust for his children took in $1 million to $5.1 million in dividends from it last year, while he voted to block and then reject ending the tariffs.

Corruption & EthicsCost of Living Michigan
84% of Stacy Garrity's Last-Minute $5.3 Million Came From Skill-Game Interests. Her Plan for the Machines Is a $500-Per-Machine Fee — the Figure the Industry Backs.

84% of Stacy Garrity's Last-Minute $5.3 Million Came From Skill-Game Interests. Her Plan for the Machines Is a $500-Per-Machine Fee — the Figure the Industry Backs.

In the last month of Pennsylvania's governor's race, Stacy Garrity raised $5.3 million — nearly five times what she'd raised in the whole campaign before. $4.5 million of it came from three skill-game donors. Gov. Shapiro wants to tax the machines like casino slots, at 52%. Garrity wants a $500 fee per machine, the same figure the industry backs.

Corruption & EthicsBillionaires & Big Business Pennsylvania
Michigan Caps What a Party Can Give a Candidate for Governor at $750,000. John James Took $1.8 Million in DeVos-Funded Ads From His Party.

Michigan Caps What a Party Can Give a Candidate for Governor at $750,000. John James Took $1.8 Million in DeVos-Funded Ads From His Party.

A brand-new committee whose only reported donors are Amway heirs Dan and Doug DeVos, at $2 million between them, gave $2 million to the Michigan Republican Party, which gave John James $1.8 million in TV ads — more than twice what state law lets a party give a candidate for governor. The same day it was disclosed, James said 'we need to get money out of politics.'

Corruption & EthicsBillionaires & Big Business Michigan
Maria Elvira Salazar's Biggest Donor Is Charged in Honduras With Environmental Crimes at a Mine Where Five Opponents Were Shot Dead

Maria Elvira Salazar's Biggest Donor Is Charged in Honduras With Environmental Crimes at a Mine Where Five Opponents Were Shot Dead

Honduran industrialist Lenir Pérez wrote a $100,000 check to Maria Elvira Salazar's joint fundraising committee this year — tied for the most of any donor — while he faces charges in Honduras over an iron-oxide mine in a protected national park. Salazar, who chairs the House subcommittee that covers Latin America, won't say what they discussed when he hosted her at his Florida estate.

Corruption & EthicsEnvironment Florida
Jack Bergman Lives in a D.C. House That Belonged to a Top Donor. This Year She Sold It to His Daughter — and Financed the Sale Herself.

Jack Bergman Lives in a D.C. House That Belonged to a Top Donor. This Year She Sold It to His Daughter — and Financed the Sale Herself.

For years Bergman rented a Capitol Hill home owned by an entity run by Kim Kiyosaki, who with her former husband has given his campaigns hundreds of thousands of dollars. This year the house was sold to his daughter in a seller-financed deal. A campaign-finance watchdog says it may have been a way around House ethics rules.

Corruption & Ethics Michigan