Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) are placing strain on huge tech companies to elucidate their motives for donating to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund. In letters to Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Uber, the lawmakers categorical considerations in regards to the firms making contributions to “keep away from scrutiny, restrict regulation, and purchase favor.”
Over the previous a number of weeks, Google, Microsoft, Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner, Meta, Amazon, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman all donated $1 million apiece to Trump’s inauguration, whereas Uber and its CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, every contributed $1 million. Many of those tech execs have already met with Trump, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is even internet hosting an inauguration get together for the incoming president, in line with The New York Instances.