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| Dish Network donates to Biden; DOJ dismisses fraud suit against Dish |
| 2024-03-27 |
The Justice Department took the rare step earlier this month of moving to dismiss a $3.3 billion civil fraud lawsuit against Dish Network — months after founder Charlie Ergen and his wife donated more than $113,000 to President Biden’s re-election campaign late last year. Ergen, a former professional poker player who helped launch what was then called EchoStar Communications in 1980, has battled the federal fraud claim for nearly a decade. But the Tennessee native saw his luck change shortly after he and spouse Candy contributed $100,000 to Biden’s super PAC and maxed out with matching $6,600 donations to the president’s principal campaign committee in December, according to campaign finance filings. This past January, Dish nabbed a $50 million grant from the administration to help expand 5G coverage nationwide — the "largest award" of its kind, the company crowed — through a $1.5 billion fund created by the CHIPS and Science Act. |
| Posted by:lord garth |