Trump's presidential transition funded by special interests he blasted

[DonViejo]

Source: NJ.com



28 FEB 2017 AT 10:52 ET

Jonathan D. Salant

Washington -- President Donald Trump, who vowed to "drain the swamp in Washington," funded his transition in part with money from the same special interests he railed against.

"We will not answer to donors or lobbyists or special interests," Trump said Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

That didn't dissuade lobbyists nor corporations or industry trade associations from helping the transition team raise $6.5 million through Feb. 15, according to disclosures filed with the General Services Administration. The transition team spent $4.7 million during that time.

Lobbyists, donors join Trump transition

The transition team received $5,000 from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, the No. 1 lobbying firm in terms of revenue, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group. Akin Gump was paid $35.9 million to lobby by such clients as Amazon.com; Caesars Entertainment, which owns casinos in Atlantic City; and Pfizer.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/trumps-presidential-transition-funded-by-special-interests-he-blasted/

[SledDriver]

1. more lies

n/t

[unblock]

2. con man. for donnie, "lies" are just things you say to get what you want.

i'm not sure he even knew or cared what was meant by "drain the swamp".
it was just something to say that got people to applaud.
like many of his promises.