in 2020 confirmed Thursday that the money was sent to a “non-political account” and that they asked for a refund as soon as they realized it.
The Daily Beast contacted Washington before publishing an exclusive story about Walker asking him to wire the campaign donation to an entity called HR Talent, one of Walker’s companies, which was not disclosed in his candidate financial statements. The statement from the Washington spokesperson noted that the story made clear it was unknown what happened to the money that was sent to HR Talent.
The statement indicated that the $535,200 wasn’t just from Dennis Washington, but from multiple family members—possibly a reference to his two sons, who were named in the email traffic between a family representative and Walker.