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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Mercer Is Chief Backer Of Cambridge Analytica
A powerful but previously obscure online data mining firm bankrolled by Albuquerque native Robert Mercer has been thrust into the media glare following revelations that it harvested Facebook user information to help propel Donald Trump into the White House in 2016.
Robert Mercer, a Sandia High School and UNM graduate turned New York hedge fund titan, reportedly plowed $15 million into Cambridge Analytica, which helped both the Trump campaign in the U.S. and the Brexit movement in the United Kingdom. The Journal profiled Mercer and his Albuquerque connections in November.
According to Forbes magazine, Mercer donated $24.6 million to the Republican Party in 2016. He has reportedly invested $10 million into Breitbart, the conservative news site. Financial journals place his net worth at from $900 million to more than a $1 billion.
https://www.abqjournal.com/1147718/abq-native-robert-mercer-bankrolled-cambridge-analytica.html
Robert Mercer, a Sandia High School and UNM graduate turned New York hedge fund titan, reportedly plowed $15 million into Cambridge Analytica, which helped both the Trump campaign in the U.S. and the Brexit movement in the United Kingdom. The Journal profiled Mercer and his Albuquerque connections in November.
According to Forbes magazine, Mercer donated $24.6 million to the Republican Party in 2016. He has reportedly invested $10 million into Breitbart, the conservative news site. Financial journals place his net worth at from $900 million to more than a $1 billion.
https://www.abqjournal.com/1147718/abq-native-robert-mercer-bankrolled-cambridge-analytica.html
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!
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Robert Mercer Is Chief Backer Of Cambridge Analytica (Original Post)
Initech
Mar 2018
OP
Is this what they've all been afraid of coming out? This seems to be the nexus where the
Squinch
Mar 2018
#1
This AND their emails were also hacked. Im guessing theyre more interesting than HRCs were.
bettyellen
Mar 2018
#6
Squinch
(51,090 posts)1. Is this what they've all been afraid of coming out? This seems to be the nexus where the
Russians, the ratfucking and all the higher level republicans come together and are in debt to the trump campaign. Is this why republicans won't show any guts about calling out trumps behavior?
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)4. Absolument! Nt
Initech
(100,149 posts)5. Yup - corrupt, power hungry billionaires thinking that they're above the law.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)6. This AND their emails were also hacked. Im guessing theyre more interesting than HRCs were.
Squinch
(51,090 posts)7. But that WAS a great risotto recipe, you have to admit!
dalton99a
(81,708 posts)2. Yep.
Me.
(35,454 posts)3. That's It?
$900. million to more than a billion? The way he and his 'looking her nose down on everyone' daughter act you'd think they're worth trillions.
malaise
(269,328 posts)8. And Bannon was Vice President
Lock them up!
GoCubsGo
(32,103 posts)9. Quite honestly, if we were forced to choose between the Mercers and Trump for prison,
I would choose the Mercers. They have done more damage to this country and it's democracy than anyone, other than Koch Brothers. Without them, Trump would still be in NYC, driving himself into another bankruptcy. I hope Mueller does to them what he did to John Gotti.