Briefings analyse connection between foreign companies & US Congress members who voted against certifying 2020 presidential election results
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In a series of briefings, the Donations and Democracy initiative documents that several multinationals headquartered in Sweden, the Netherlands and Australia have been connected with donations to US Congress members who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 US presidential election, either directly or indirectly.
According to the US Federal Election Commission (FEC) website, Dutch multinationals such as Aegon (Transamerica), Ahold Delhaize, Airbus, CNH Industrial, KPMG, Louis Dreyfus, LyondellBasell, and Philips have US subsidiaries whose Political Action Committees (PACs) made direct donations to these Congress members.
Similarly, Australian companies such as Austal, CSL Limited, and Rio Tinto, through their US subsidiaries, financially supported campaigns of Congress members who refused to certify the certification, according to US Federal Election Commission (FEC) website.
Companies had been contacted by Donations and Democracy for responses to these allegations but had not provided a statement at the time of publication. Any responses received will be published by the initiative here.