Sentences with phrase «chief fundraiser»

The businessman at the heart of the Labour funding row has claimed that the party's chief fundraiser told him anonymous donations were «a good idea».

Tony Blair's former chief fundraiser Lord Levy says he is «disappointed» but not surprised by the revelations.

Among those charged were Louis Ciminelli, a western New York construction executive, and Peter Galbraith Kelly Jr., a lobbyist for a company that develops power plants and son of Peter G. Kelly, a Hartford lawyer and former chief fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.

Mr Brown and Hilary Benn turned down cheques from Mr Abrahams» intermediaries, casting doubt on the claim only Peter Watt, the newly departed general secretary of the party, and chief fundraiser Jon Mendelsohn knew the property developer was donating to the party through proxies.

Tony Blair's former chief fundraiser, Lord Levy, who called for private meetings at Downing Street to be revealed, said he was not aware of any such meetings having taken place at No 10 or Chequers when Blair was prime minister.

The infamous Paladino video in which he claimed his Democratic opponent's «prowess is legendary» was followed by an appeal for donations from chief fundraiser Nancy Naples.

Catherine Blaney: Blaney was Pataki's chief fundraiser during his years as governor and has worked for many other candidates, including Andrew Cuomo.

Many things have not been touched upon, like: a cash for access scandal with David Cameron's chief fundraiser offering dinner for donors at Downing Street; the sacking of soldiers by email; aircraft carriers without aircraft; Andrew Mitchell effing and blinding at police officers; and the shambolic handling of the west coast railway contract that will cost taxpayers # 40 million.

Days before the April 19 special election on Long Island to replace ex-Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's chief fundraiser procured a publicly untraceable $ 50,000 donation to help Senate Democrats wrest control of the key district.

Also reported to be on the list are David Cameron's chief fundraiser Andrew Feldman and Conservative Party joint treasurer Stanley Fink — both major donors to the Tories.

Among the names that pop up in the records with some connection to offshore accounts are former Canadian prime ministers Brian Mulroney, Paul Martin and Jean Chretien, the Queen, U.S. commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, and the past and current chief fundraisers for the federal Liberal party.

On a day when Google launched Gmail Motion and LinkedIn was offering to connect users with «activist / chief fundraiser at Nottingham» Robin Hood, Korean websites were engaging in April Fool's waggery of their own.

5 March 2007 — After a request to the Attorney General, the BBC was allowed to reveal that the email was sent by Number 10 aide Ruth Turner to Tony Blair's chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, and concerned Labour's chief fundraiser Lord Levy [51] The BBC were still not allowed to reveal the contents of the email.

Longtime Trump friend Steve Wynn, a fellow billionaire businessman, is the party's chief fundraiser; the president's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is among the RNC's principal fundraisers.

His chief fundraiser, Steve Mnuchin, is a founder of hedge fund Dune Capital Management LP.

Top de Blasio aide Emma Wolfe and the mayor's chief fundraiser, Ross Offinger, have both been issued subpoenas.

Lord Levy, Labour's chief fundraiser, has been arrested and bailed by police officers investigating the cash for peerages affair.

Mr Brown insisted his chief fundraiser Jon Mendelsohn's position had not become untenable, despite the revelation he had been aware the millionaire David Abraham's was funnelling money into the Labour party through intermediaries.

Labour's chief fundraiser, Lord Levy, has today given evidence to a committee of MPs investigating the future of party political funding.

In a Commons session dominated by the latest funding scandal to beset the Labour party, the prime minister defended his chief fundraiser.

Schreibman's campaign took in around $ 535,000, according to his chief fundraiser Jamie Patton.

Tory MP Chris Grayling has queried Labour's version of events, saying it «beggars belief» the chief fundraiser would not have been aware of the law after the troubles all political parties have faced over funding.

Lord Levy, the prime minister's chief fundraiser and personal envoy to the Middle East, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

The questioning took place four days before Lord Levy, Mr Blair's personal envoy to the Middle East and his chief fundraiser, was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice on Tuesday.

It is now known that the subject of the email was Lord Levy, Labour's chief fundraiser, but media outlets are still barred from revealing the contents.

Lord Levy, Labour's chief fundraiser, «categorically denies» any wrong doing over the cash - for - honours investigation.

Lord Levy, Blair's chief fundraiser and his special envoy to the Middle East, also came in for questioning.

As the Times Union reported last Monday, de Blasio's chief fundraiser, Ross Offinger, procured a publicly untraceable $ 50,000 donation to help Senate Democrats last month win a key Long Island district, a seat previously held by ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Mr Osborne visited the yacht twice, once taking with him his party's chief fundraiser, Andrew Feldman.

He became the Conservatives» chief fundraiser a year later in a move designed to steer the party away from its traditional reliance on millionaire donors and instead attract smaller amounts from more people.

12.23 pm: Asked by Labour's Gordon Prentice MP about Lord Ashcroft, the PM says the Opposition has questions to answer about the tax status of their «chief fundraiser».

He's also spent $ 12,500 at Brass Tacks Strategies, LLC, and $ 27,000 on campaign consulting services with Cathy Blaney and Associates, the firm of former governor George Pataki's chief fundraiser, who also works in partnership development at Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Four members of Mr Blair's inner circle, including his chief fundraiser Lord Levy, have now been questioned by police investigating claims that the honours were given in exchange for cash.

Rove is the chief fundraiser for the biggest outside spender this election season: the twin groups American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS.

Bronfman is a close friend of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who tapped him in 2013 to fill the role of revenue chair — effectively, the chief fundraiser — for the federal Liberal party.

Uniquely, the Salesmanship Club owns and operates both Momentous Institute and its chief fundraiser, the AT&T Byron Nelson, a PGA TOUR tournament.