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U.S. Dark Money and the Tory Cabinet

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The Mercer Family Foundation and the Young Biddens Foundation

Peter Bergen: The history of the Mercer Family Foundation and the Mercers goes back quite a long way. He says when Obama won twice, you could see that element of the right looking for a replacement candidate - they stood in light on Trump. In 2013, Steve Bannon flew out as a lot of American right wingers do to the Young Biddens Foundation conference in Cambridge where he was talking about social media tactics. And I think this is where the money is going instead," writes Bergen. "This seems to be multiple investigations about his financial affairs"

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