there s also for the first time, a big one. shelton adeleson, a big league republican donor, funded the gingrich campaign all by himself in 2012. this winter, when a paper got a mystery owner, it was the las vegas review journal s own staff who was forced to ferret out their own owner. that was sheldon adeleson. it s not at all weird for super rich people to give money to political candidates nor weird for them to buy newspapers. it was weird that he tried to buy and run a newspaper anonymously, but his reporting staff caught him. he went into this election cycle planning to donate $100 million
that was sheldon adeleson. it s not at all weird for super rich people to give money to political candidates nor weird for them to buy newspapers. it was weird that he tried to buy and run a newspaper anonymously, but his reporting staff caught him. he went into this election cycle planning to donate $100 million for the republican nominee. he did meet with trump, reportedly, but he did not reportedly open up his money spigots. he is now in the paper business, baby. when you re buying ink by the barrel, even if you don t want to spend your money, you might want to spend some of that ink for donald trump, donald trump, the right choice for president, which means the las vegas review
capital group llc at a price of $140 million. but what was really strange is the article that ran the following night stating the buyer s unidentified. a newly formed delaware-based company made up of undisclosed financial backers with expertise in the media industry. the paper s publisher told his staff he has been assured the group will not meddle in the newspaper s editorial content. despite the reported assurance, there is rampant speculation about whether the paper was purchased for political influence, essentially if nevada is an early caucus state and a swing state. the koch brothers, one rumored buyer, told fortune today they did not purchase the paper. sheldon adeleson, another rumored purchaser who owns the casino where tomorrow s debate is taking place, has not responded to requests for comment. tonight it remains a mystery.
company made up of undisclosed financial backers with expertise in the media industry. the paper s publisher told his staff he has been assured the group will not meddle in the newspaper s editorial content. despite the reported assurance, there is rampant speculation about whether the paper was purchased for political influence, essentially if nevada is an early caucus state and a swing state. the koch brothers, one rumored buyer, told fortune today they did not purchase the paper. sheldon adeleson, another rumored purchaser who owns the casino where tomorrow s debate is taking place, has not responded to requests for comment. tonight it remains a mystery.
to let sheldon adeleson know my brother is a neo-con. i m a great friend of israel and i m tough on the war on terror and so is my brother jeb. he was playing the surrogate for jeb bush and trying to get jewish american voters on the side of jeb even though he wasn t there for the adeleson meeting. douglas brinkley thank you. coming up next after a weekend of protests in baltimore, some clearly quite violent. police now are saying they are the ones being threatened by gangs in the city. we have that for you and reaction. also a desperate session for any survivors in nepal after this massive earthquake. incredible moment when this little boy was pulled out of the rubble alive.