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Pardoned Abramoff associate Adam Kidan's money surfaces in Senate campaigns

Original: Adam Kidan🚨went to fed prison with Abramoff & was ordered to repay $21.7M. # Trump 🚨pardoned him in July. His💰turned up

Adam Kidan, who went to federal prison alongside Jack Abramoff and was ordered to repay $21.7 million, was pardoned by Donald Trump in July. His money has now turned up in eight Republican Senate campaigns, including a $25,000 March 2025 donation to a fundraising committee shared by John Kennedy, with smaller sums to Susan Collins, Roger Marshall and Jon Husted.

Why now: A Trump pardon followed by re-emerging campaign donations from a convicted fraud figure is drawing scrutiny of Republican campaign finance ties.

Adam KidanDonald TrumpJack AbramoffSusan CollinsJohn Kennedy

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• Adam Kidan🚨went to fed prison with Abramoff & was ordered to repay $21.7M. # Trump 🚨pardoned him in July. His💰turned up in🚨8 R Sen campaigns. Mar 2025:🚨he gave $25K to a fundraising CMTE J Kennedy shares with other Rs. S Collins, R Marshall, & J Husted each took in $1,600 of… · KimPerales@toad.social · 6

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