Thread by @Sludge

NEW: as @PeteButtigieg stops releasing his campaign bundlers' names and blocks press from high-dollar fundraising events, meet the lobbyists and executives gathering big checks for Mayor Pete: readsludge.com/2019/12/09/her…

@PeteButtigieg Alexandra Walsh and Beth Wilkinson, D.C. attorneys who represented Brett Kavanaugh in his Supreme Court confirmation hearings amidst accusations of sexual assault.

Walsh co-hosted a @PeteButtigieg fundraiser in July; the law partners' max donations were returned last month.

@PeteButtigieg Stephen R. Patton, Chicago attorney who led an effort to block the release of a video depicting the deadly shooting of Laquan McDonald. Patton had been set to co-host an Oct. fundraiser; once uncovered, the campaign returned checks he bundled and cut ties: nytimes.com/2019/10/18/us/…

@PeteButtigieg super-lobbyist Steve Elmendorf was initially disclosed on the Buttigieg campaign's bundler list, only to be dropped in April when Mayor Pete reversed and disallowed direct lobbyist donations.

Clients: @P4AHCF members, BP, Goldman Sachs, Verizon, Facebook: readsludge.com/2019/12/09/her…

@PeteButtigieg @P4AHCF Tony James of Blackstone hosted a Mayor Pete event in June for Wall Street donors.

As president of the PE firm in 2017, James lined up a $40 billion fund, with half the money coming from the government of Saudi Arabia. Heavily invested in fossil fuels:
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@PeteButtigieg @P4AHCF Bradley Tusk, Uber's past lobbyist in NYC and "Silicon Valley's political fixer," who hosted an Oct. event in Manhattan.

Tusk is currently registered to lobby in NYC for the @NYCPBA; a credit-builder loan app; Bird scooters; and lobbying behemoth Charter: readsludge.com/2019/12/09/her…

@PeteButtigieg @P4AHCF @NYCPBA David Fares, a former News Corporation lobbyist and current VP of government relations for FOX, hosted an Oct. 22 fundraiser in London. Event was co-hosted by Eric Beinhocker, an alumnus of @McKinsey, and Lia Larson, a managing director for Goldman Sachs:
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@PeteButtigieg @P4AHCF @NYCPBA @McKinsey Thaddeus Burns, head of public affairs at Merck, who hosted an Oct. 24 fundraiser in Geneva. In the past, Akin Gump lobbyist for Big Pharma.

This summer, Mayor Pete's campaign took in health & pharma $$ as he transformed into a critic of #MedicareForAll: readsludge.com/2019/12/09/her…

@PeteButtigieg @P4AHCF @NYCPBA @McKinsey Rich Weissman—former senior VP, Bank of America, who hosted a Nov. 20 fundraiser in Palm Springs.

In 2013, Weissman joined the Board of the @LogCabinGOP (he is no longer listed). Bank of America continues to finance billions for the fossil fuel industry:

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@PeteButtigieg @P4AHCF @NYCPBA @McKinsey @LogCabinGOP Of the Buttigieg campaign's initial list of 23 bundlers from April, five are Obama campaign fundraisers who received ambassadorships.

While presidential rivals have called for an end to awarding ambassadorships to top donors, Mayor Pete declined to do so: readsludge.com/2019/12/09/her…