Handful of Telecom Officials Donate to Trump Campaign in Recent Months
At least some telecom and media industry officials donated to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign, the latest Federal Election Commission filings show. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton captured attention from many leading company executives and establishment figures in the…
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last year, attention that the Trump campaign still largely lacks (see 1606270078). Brandon Spencer, chief financial officer of Klas Telecom, donated $2,700 to Trump June 26, as did Alliant Tech CEO Richard Crawford June 23 and American Cyber President Gary Winkler May 27. SatCom Direct founder and CEO Jim Jensen donated $1,000 June 29, and OptiNet CEO Mitchell Wade gave $1,000 June 23. Pulse Electronics CEO Mark Twaalfhoven gave $1,000 in May and $2,000 in March, the same month that CenturyLink-owned Cognilytics Chief Data Officer Andrew Clyne donated $1,400 and M2M Spectrum Networks Chairwoman and owner Carole Downs gave $1,000. But some Republicans denounced Trump’s campaign. “I urge all Republicans to reject Donald Trump this November,” Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman said in a Facebook post Tuesday, announcing her backing for Clinton despite calling herself a “proud Republican.” The Trump campaign touted an uptick in its fundraising Wednesday.