Canadian billionaire Barry Zekelman’s company received millions in contracts to help build Trump’s border wall

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Another company controlled by the steel magnate was fined in April for illegal donations to a Donald Trump campaign group

A company controlled by a Canadian steel billionaire involved in illegal donations to a Donald Trump campaign group received at least US$58-million in contracts to help build the former president’s wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Canadian billionaire Barry Zekelman’s company fined by U.S. regulators for illegal donations steered to Trump Super PAC Southwest is one of the few wall contractors to publicly disclose its subcontractors in federal records. It is unclear whether Mr. Zekelman’s companies also received contracts from other builders of Mr. Trump’s signature project.

Saurav Ghosh, a former enforcement lawyer for the Federal Elections Commission, said the donation ban could potentially also apply to companies in the same corporate family as a federal government contractor. If FEC commissioners found that, for instance, the company making donations was controlled by the same people as a company holding a contract, they could rule the donations illegal.

Stephanie Zekelman, Mr. Zekelman’s wife, has personally made at least US$60,800 in donations since 2008, according to The Globe’s tally. The largest include US$28,500 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee in August of 2008; US$7,500 to groups backing then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012; and US$3,500 to Martha McSally’s Arizona Senate campaign in 2018.

His largest sums came during the 2012 election, when he donated US$97,500 to several Republican groups backing Mr. Romney and various congressional candidates. His other substantial donations over the years have included US$20,000 for the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee; US$14,750 for the Jewish Agency PAC and US$10,000 to Michigan Strong Super PAC in 2022.

Federal campaign records show a single donation directly from Barry Zekelman: US$1,000 to Evan Bayh, then a Democratic senator from Indiana, in May of 2006.

 

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How much did he write off against his canadian revenues to reduce his tax

Blah, blah, blah - it's his money to spend as much he wants, not fir poor journalists to decide.

And we can’t do a thing about RoxhamRoad. No? Canada

Who cares that’s business…good for him

Good for him.

Keep up the good work Barry

What did you try to bribe him into sharing or you'd run a hit piece?

Should of been built. Thanks fake news.

ok and ?

Borders are now bad? 📝

Yes. That's how a contract for services works. I know G&M doesn't understand how business works since they just write what the liberals tell them and then get tax dollars.

TDS2022

So?

So? A Russian Oligarch owns the largest steel pipe company in Canada (in SK) making $100s of millions from taxpayers to supply the pipe for the Trans Mountain pipeline

So what?

Dont you have any scandals to cover here ? There is no billions given to friends here ? A yeah thats true dont bite the hand that is feeding you

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