Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has now collected more than $5 million in bundled lobbyist contributions, many of which come from lobbyists who represents industries that she opposes on the campaign trail, recent campaign finance filings show.
Clinton added another $1.5 million in special interest cash from a handful of bundlers during the first quarter of 2016, which spans the period Jan. 1 to March 31, 2016. Lobbyists had already raised $4.1 million for Hillary for America before these bundled donations were reported.
The Clinton campaign received $73,100 in bundled donations during the first quarter from Ankit Desai, a lobbyist for the Houston-based company Cheniere Energy, which operates natural gas terminals and pipelines. Cheniere has given between $1 and $5 million to the Clinton Foundation, with contributions coming as recently as 2015.
A number of Cheniere’s executives and directors have contributed to Clinton campaigns as well.
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