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Timothy Mellon reportedly appeared at a White House event in the spring of 2026 and toasted Donald Trump.
Stephen Schwarzman has donated $17 million to the Senate Leadership Fund during the current election cycle.
Miriam Adelson has donated $30 million to the Senate Leadership Fund during the current election cycle.
In 2025, Timothy Mellon donated $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during a federal shutdown.
Timothy Mellon transferred a $5.5 million estate to an anti-vaccine group founded by a Mr. Kennedy.
In the 2026 cycle, two super PACs funded by Timothy Mellon backed Senate candidates who criticized Senator John Thune and subsequently lost their Republican primary races.
According to two people briefed on the relationship, aides for Senator John Thune unsuccessfully sought to arrange a meeting with Timothy Mellon beginning in 2025.
As of the last financial reports before September 2026, the Senate Leadership Fund had raised nearly $80 million more than its Democratic counterpart.
A $20 million donation from Timothy Mellon to the Congressional Leadership Fund, made in August 2026, is required to be disclosed in a Federal Election Commission report by October 15, 2026.
A person close to the Senate Leadership Fund said the group never expected a donation from Timothy Mellon during the 2026 election cycle.
In 2022 and 2024 combined, Timothy Mellon donated about $30 million to super PACs focused on the Senate.
In 2020, Timothy Mellon donated $30 million to the Senate Leadership Fund.
Having averaged 28 donations in each of the four previous election cycles, Timothy Mellon had made only five publicly disclosed contributions for the 2026 cycle as of September 2026.
As of September 2026, Timothy Mellon's publicly disclosed donations for the 2026 cycle include nearly $2 million in stock to MAGA Inc., $1 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund, and donations to three other conservative super PACs.
Timothy Mellon made two separate $50 million donations to the super PAC MAGA Inc.
In 2020, Timothy Mellon's donations to support Republicans exceeded $70 million, which included $20 million for Donald Trump.
In 2024, Timothy Mellon donated about $197 million to Republicans and was the largest disclosed donor to Donald Trump's super PAC, MAGA Inc.
In 2018, Timothy Mellon donated $10 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund, the primary super PAC for House Republicans.
Timothy Mellon donated approximately $42 million during the 2022 midterm elections.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune stated that there were not enough votes to overcome a Democratic filibuster of the SAVE America Act.