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70% of Senior Level Officials Have Koch Ties: C&BP

Position (Tier 1) Occupant Relationship to Koch Brothers Source Link Chief of Staff Reinhold Richard (Reince) Priebus is closely SourceWatch: Priebus Named http://www.sourcewatch. tied with Wisconsin Congressman and Chief of Staff by Trump, Win org/index.php/Reince_Priebus Speaker of the House , who was for the "Koch Wing" of the championed by the Kochs as an alternative Party to Trump. Priebus and Ryan are friends and virtual neighbors who have worked together for decades in Wisconsin and in Washington. Priebus also helped elect Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to the governorship in 2010. Both Walker and Ryan have been strongly supported in their careers by the billionaire Koch brothers. His elevation to chief of staff is considered a win for the Koch wing of the Republican Party that opposed Trump. Senior Advisor Kellyanne Conway was a board member of Salon: The Koch Brothers’ http://www.salon. the Independent Women’s Forum that most loyal servants are com/2017/01/11/koch-allies-in- received $5,264,104 (2002-2013) from Koch- serving in ’s the-white-house_partner/ affiliated /Donors Capital Fund. White House While individual and corporate contributions to Donors Trust are concealed by the lack of reporting requirements, non-profit contributors to the fund are required to disclose their donations. Of the reported financial activity involving DT/DCF, Koch organizations emerge as both a leading contributor to, and recipient of, Donors Trust funding. Independent Women’s Forum also shared leadership with other Koch organizations. For example, , a former head of the Washington, D.C., operation for , served as both President and Director of the Forum and as President of Foundation. Conway was a Republican pollster whose company has worked for Pence and for Americans for Prosperity. Deputy Chief of Staff Dearborn was Chief of Staff for Senator Jeff Open Secrets: Campaign https://www.opensecrets. for Policy Sessions from December 2004 until 2016. Cmte & Leadership PAC org/politicians/contrib.php? From 2011-2016, Koch Industries was one of Combined type=C&cid=N00003062&newM four top donors to Session's Campaign Cmte em=N&cycle=2016 and Leadership PAC.

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Assistant to the Bremberg served as Policy Advisor and PoliticsUSA: In Leaked Tape http://www.politicususa. President for Counsel on Nominations for U.S. Senate Mitch McConnell Admits The com/2014/08/27/leaked-audio- Domestic Policy and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and he Koch Brothers Are Running tape-mitch-mcconnell-admits- Director, Domestic had also served Wisconsin Governor Scott The Republican Party koch-brothers-running- Policy Council Walker as Policy Director during his very republican-party.html brief bid for the US Presidency.

McConnell: “Is this working? I know it’s been a long, but very inspiring day. And I want to start by thanking you, Charles and David for the important work you’re doing. I don’t know where we’d be without you, and um, and I want (inaudible) for rallying, uh, to the cause.” Director, Office of Mulvaney had help from thousands of dollars Republic Report: Freshman https://www.republicreport. Management and from the Koch Industries political action Rep. Mulvaney (R-SC) Won org/2012/mulvaney-koch- Budget committee, and hundreds of thousands in His Seat With Koch earmark/ secret Koch money run through the 60 Plus Industries Support, Now Association and American Future Fund, two Offers Earmarks To His undisclosed attack ad groups. Benefactor

Now, it appears, Mulvaney is returning the favor. Assistant to the Short is best known for his tenure as Center for Media and https://goo.gl/YbBYOm President for president of the Koch Brother’s Freedom Democracy: Marc Short: Koch Legislative Affairs Partners Chamber of Commerce, the political Dark-Money Operative Is fund organized by the Koch Brothers to Trump’s Liaison To Congress advance their far-right, pro-corporate, anti- environmental agenda. He was also Koch Industries VP of Special Projects.

While describes itself as a “business league,” its fundraising cycles much more closely resemble those of a , complete with high-tech voter lists and opposition research. Staff Secretary Porter served as the chief of staff for Senator ThinkProgress: Five U.S. https://thinkprogress.org/five-u- Hatch from March 2014. Senators Are Perfect Koch s-senators-are-perfect-koch- Servants, Americans For servants-americans-for- Five senators and 39 representatives Prosperity Reports prosperity-reports- received a perfect 100 percent score from 5ddb83188da2#.r8s6usu45 the Koch brothers’ Astroturf group Americans For Prosperity for the first half of the 112th Congress. One was Senator Orrin Hatch (R- UT).

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White House Counsel Donald McGahn While at a partner at Jones Day, McGahn MSNBC: Why Trump’s choice http://www.msnbc.com/rachel- was “a lead lawyer for Freedom Partners for maddow-show/why-trumps- Chamber of Commerce – before joining the matters choice-white-house-counsel- Trump campaign." Founded in 2011 as a matters 501(c)(6) trade association, the seven- member board of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce exemplifies the intertwined relationship between the Koch corporate and nonprofit political networks.Its board is entirely composed of current and former Koch Industries executives and trusted Koch allies.

Chairman, Council of The selection of Hassett, a scholar at the SourceWatch: American http://www.sourcewatch. Economic Advisers American Enterprise Institute and strong Enterprise Institute org/index. advocate for a corporate tax cut, would come php/American_Enterprise_Instit after a long wait for the president to pick ute someone to lead an office that will play a key role in crafting economic projections for the administration’s tax and budget plans.

The American Enterprise Institute received $1,627,289 (2011-2013) from the Charles G. Koch Foundation. The American Enterprise Institute received $19,840,954 from DonorsTrust between 2002 and 2011. advocates against clean energy solutions through the publication of studies and testimony before lawmakers on topics such as the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, against pro-clean energy policies, and impacts of carbon taxes on the economy. Since 2009, individuals associated with the Heritage Foundation have testified at least 90 times before the U.S. Congress, according to hearing transcript records. Special Assistant to Mike Catanzaro Catanzaro came to the White House from the Open Secrets: Lobbyists https://www.opensecrets. the President for Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm CGCN representing Koch Industries, 2015/16 org/lobby/clientlbs.php? Domestic Energy and Group, where he represented a long list of id=D000000186&year=2016 Environmental Policy fossil fuel interests, including Koch Industries.

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Special Assistant to DJ Gribbin National Economic Council member, formerly D. J. Gribbin http://www.indianalogistics. the President for Koch Industries director of Public Sector Division Director, Macquarie com/summit/2006/bios/dgribbi Infrastructure Policy Business Development, now oversees Holdings, Inc. n.htm Trump’s infrastructure policy Special Assistant to Brian Blasé National Economic Council member, : Trump Economic https://goo.gl/fs7h1T the President for oversees health policy after working at the Team Filled with Corporate, Healthcare Policy , which has on Koch Brothers Allies its board. Vice President Pence is adored by the Kochs and their vast : Vice President https://www.thenation. political donor network. He received nearly Mike Pence Would Be a com/article/vice-president-mike- $10,000 in political contributions from Koch Dream for the Koch Brothers pence-would-be-a-dream-for- Industries for his gubernatorial runs and the-koch-brothers/ $300,000 in personal contributions from in 2012 and 2015. Special Assistant to Stephen Ford Charles Koch's writer, Stephen Ford, is now Time: A Billionaire http://time. the President and Vice President Mike Pence's speechwriter. Resistance Targets President com/4657648/charles-koch- Director of Trump from the Right donald-trump/ Speechwriting for the Vice President Chief of Staff to the Pitcock served as an aide to Mike Pence Policy Soapbox: The man https://goo.gl/hvCeje Vice President during his time in the House and eventually behind the man behind the became his chief of staff there. After Pence man: Pence chief Josh was elected governor of Indiana in 2012, Pitcock Pitcock stayed in Washington, D.C., during Pence’s governorship, serving as the state’s lobbyist.

Pitcock served as a senior policy adviser to Mike Pence throughout the campaign and the transition.

Having navigated with Pence before, he was seen as the natural choice to help Pence in his expected role as liaison between Congressional Republicans and the president.

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Special Assistant to Mike Roman Mike Roman, a longtime Republican Pro Publica: You Helped Us Find https://www.propublica. the President and opposition researcher who worked for Hires the White House Never org/article/you-helped-us-find- Director of Special billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch Announced, Including a Koch hires-the-white-house-never- Projects and before joining the Trump campaign, is now Brothers Alum announced

Research the White House’s director of special projects and research. On his LinkedIn profile, he lists himself as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Special Projects and Research https://www.linkedin. com/in/mikeroman/ National Security Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster N/A Advisor Trade N/A Representative Assistant to the President, Senior N/A Counselor and Chief Strategist Assistant to the President and Senior N/A Advisor Assistant to the President and Press N/A Secretary

Assistant to the Gary D. Cohen President for Economic Policy and N/A Director, National Economic Council Assistant to the President and N/A Director of Political Affairs Chairman, Council on Unfilled Environmental Quality Director, Office of Unfilled Science and Technology Policy

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16 of 23 senior level White House officials have ties to Kochs (as of 6.18.17).

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