{"id":1004107,"date":"2019-04-02T14:23:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T18:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1004107"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:07:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:07:26","slug":"will-the-rnc-return-steve-wynns-donations-as-promised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/will-the-rnc-return-steve-wynns-donations-as-promised\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the RNC Return Steve Wynn\u2019s Donations As Promised?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission released its report on the results of its investigation into the coverup of sexual misconduct allegations against Steve Wynn. With this report finalized, all of the investigations the RNC claimed to be waiting on to return Steve Wynn\u2019s donations are complete — now will they return his donations as they said they would?<\/p>\n

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RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said they would \u201cabsolutely return 100 percent\u201d of Wynn\u2019s donations if investigations found any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

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RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel<\/a>: \u201cThere is an investigation that is going to take place. He should be allowed due process, and if he is found of any wrongdoing, we will absolutely return 100 percent of that money. But we’re going to let due process take place.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The RNC said they would keep Wynn\u2019s donations until investigations from Wynn Resorts and two state regulators were complete.<\/p>\n

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RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel<\/a>: \u201cThe allegations are deeply, deeply concerning. There is going to be an investigation, three investigations. And we should let those play out and see what happens and allow that due process.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CNN<\/a>: \u201cThe Republican National Committee is keeping donations from its former finance chair Steve Wynn until state regulators in two states complete their investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct made against him. […] Asked Sunday how the board\u2019s decision to end the outside investigation would affect the RNC\u2019s determination about returning Wynn\u2019s donations, RNC spokesman Michael Ahrens pointed to ongoing investigations by gaming regulators in both Massachusetts and Nevada.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s report from the Masssachusetts Gaming Commission found that executives at Wynn\u2019s company covered up allegations of sexual assault and harassment against Wynn, just as the Nevada Gaming Control Board\u2019s investigation<\/a> and Wynn Resorts\u2019 internal investigation<\/a> have already done.<\/p>\n

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Wall Street Journal<\/a>: \u201cWynn Resorts Ltd. executives and outside counsel were part of a coverup to protect founder Steve Wynn from allegations by employees that he had engaged in sexual misconduct against them, according to an investigation completed by Massachusetts regulators that blasted corporate failures as \u2018significant, repetitive and reflective of the company\u2019s historical governance practices.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t forget: RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel called repeatedly for Democrats to return contributions from a donor accused of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n

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The Hill<\/a>: \u201c\u2018If you stand for treating women well and you stand for the respect of women, you shouldn’t take money from somebody who treated women with the absolute highest level of disrespect,\u2019 she said, while pointing to his eight settlements in which he used his \u2018power to put women in bad situations.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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So, now that all three investigations are complete, will the RNC keep their promise and return the hundreds of thousands of dollars Wynn donated to the committee?<\/p>\n

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Politico<\/a>: \u201cThe casino mogul also contributed $411,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee over the past five years, $248,000 to the RNC and $100,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee, according to campaign finance records.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission released its report on the results of its investigation into the coverup of sexual misconduct allegations against Steve Wynn. 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