THE BIG PICTURE: Major companies including Google, Amazon, Palantir Technologies donated to the project, which critics have argued amounts to a pay-for-play relationship with the federal government.
DRIVING THE NEWS: Axios’ Dan Primack asked Choi whether the donation was intended “to keep good relations with the White House,” to which she replied “sure.”
“Frankly I don’t even have a problem” with the donation, Choi said.
CATCH UP QUICKLY: The Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit that partners with the National Parks Service, is accepting and managing donations for the ballroom renovation.
Choi explained that Coinbase “made a check” to the nonprofit.
“We give a lot to different foundations now,” she said, adding that “the specifics of it, we we weren’t aware of.”
a year agogloriasotoduran
Lol😂😂😂😂 you are a MAGA donor and you don't care about anything else but to benefit your own pockets. ...quiet piggy
a year agomagicofjeff
Quid pro quo from spineless executives who wants to please the dipshit toddler in chief
a year agocritterferfuzzwaldo
These people are grifters , the swamp has even more creatures in it than before.
a year agomarcpally
Private industry does not have to underwrite the cost of upgrading public buildings. A more rational and equitable tax structure would provide public funding thereby avoiding the appearance and fact of corruption in the public sphere as witnessed in the private donations given to the demolition of the East Wing and the pretentious “ballroom”.
a year agoscott_carlsonics
“Sure” = we can be upfront and open about pay-to-play because no one is watching and no one is going to stop us
a year agoadamcrowleylebron
I mean this with all due respect - but seriously F this lady. What the actual F.
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