Congressman Henry Cuellar Has Received Over $64,000 in Corporate PAC Contributions from Private Prison Corporation GEO Group
LAREDO, TX – Today serves as yet another reminder of why Rep. Henry Cuellar is Trump’s favorite Democrat, bought and paid for by the same donors who fund private prisons and Trump’s corruption. In 2018, Congressman Cuellar accepted $32,000 in donations from private prison corporation GEO Group’s political action committee; over the course of his career, they have given over $64,000 in direct contributions to his committee and leadership PAC.
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Now, The Daily Beast has reported that his major donor, a top GEO Group executive, is caught up in the ongoing scandal at the Trump Hotel in Washington, DC, where he used the company’s credit card on at least 10 separate occasions in an attempt to influence the administration.
“Congressman Cuellar’s friends in the private prison industry spend big on giving to politicians like Rep. Cuellar and Donald Trump and then pursue millions of dollars in federal contracts,” said Cisneros. “When politicians sell out to corrupt, outside corporate interests, our communities get hurt. Even major banks have cut ties with GEO Group because they've seen their harmful practices. That's why I'm proud to not be accepting a dime of corporate PAC money."
Geo Group and bank financing
A few months ago, several major banks — including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, SunTrust, BNP Paribas, Fifth Third Bancorp, Barclays, and PNC Bank — announced they would “not renew $2.4B in credit lines and term loans to industry giants GEO Group and CoreCivic.”
In addition to Rep. Cuellar, other top recipients of GEO Group PAC funds this cycle include the Trump Victory Committee, the Republican National Committee, the NRCC, NRSC, and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX).
