Of that, $5 million was used to buy television ads. According to Wired, Cambridge Analytica was paid $5.9 million by the Trump campaign, according to Federal Electoral Commission filings. We are pleased to partner with the application so that its partners can send the right message to the right people at the right time," Cambridge Analytica said in a statement on their website.ĭespite its claims that it was central to Trump's victory, there's not much evidence of their impact - except maybe financially. "Pig.gi has already had great success in Mexico and Colombia. “There’s a huge opportunity in this country to find the issues that are important for people and actually turn people out to vote.” Many people in Mexico are "undecided and unmotivated," Brittany Kaiser, Cambridge’s vice president of business development, told Bloomberg. "Our political division generally does not make public who its clients are," Nick Fievet, Cambridge's global head of public relations, told BuzzFeed News in an email, when asked just what parties Cambridge will be working with in Mexico and what kind of services they were offering.Ĭambridge announced last July that it would be partnering in Mexico and Colombia with Pig.gi, an app that, according to a report at the time from Bloomberg, "gives 200,000 active users free service in exchange for watching ads, reading stories and taking surveys." It is also looking for someone based in Mexico City.īut as of Tuesday, the London-based company doesn't appear in the databases of the National Registry of Suppliers of the National Electoral Institute (INE), a requirement for any company that wants to be hired by a political party in Mexico. After working on Trump’s first campaign, she spent a year in the administration and then worked at Fox’s parent corporation before returning to the White House in 2020.It's not clear which party or candidates the company is working for in Mexico, but according to Karro's hunt for staffers, the company will be working on the campaigns for governor in seven of Mexico's 31 states: Chiapas, Guanajuato, Morelos, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Veracruz. Hicks, who was one of Trump’s longest serving and most trusted advisers, has maintained a low profile since leaving the White House in January. National Public Affairs, a political consulting firm spearheaded by top Trump campaign aides Bill Stepien, Justin Clark and Nick Trainer, is working for others. Conway has signed on with several candidates, including Missouri Republican Billy Long and Ohio Republican Bernie Moreno, who are running for Senate, and Nebraska gubernatorial hopeful Charles Herbster. Trump staffers have become a sought-after commodity for Republican candidates looking to tie themselves to the former president. The candidate has been making regular appearances on the Fox News Channel program of Sean Hannity, a Trump favorite.Ī third candidate, Carla Sands, has been promoting her role as Trump’s ambassador to Denmark. Oz’s team has its own connection to the former president: He has hired Larry Weitzner, who helped craft the TV commercials on Trump’s 20 campaigns. Around the time of Parnell’s exit Trump spoke with McCormick and another new candidate, Mehmet Oz, the surgeon and TV personality. The former president had previously endorsed veteran Sean Parnell, though Parnell suspended his campaign last month after losing a child custody fight to his ex-wife, who had accused him of abuse. Yet Trump is expected to remain neutral in the race for the time being. He was considered for posts at the Treasury Department and Pentagon and is married to Dina Powell, who was a top national security official in the Trump White House. The 56-year-old McCormick, who launched an exploratory committee this week, has deep ties to the Trump orbit. The roster provides a hint at how McCormick would likely run his campaign: As a staunch Trump ally. Sanders has been hired to provide political commentary and analysis across all Fox News properties, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network and the radio and podcast division. Fox News contributor Sarah Huckabee Sanders makes her first appearance on the "Fox & Friends" television program in New York, Friday, Sept.
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