US EditionBiden Paid Top Aide $4 Million for Failed Campaign
- Mike Donilon, a longtime Biden confidant and strategist, received $4 million for his role in a failed campaign, as revealed in the book Original Sin.
- Biden personally insisted on paying Donilon this amount despite his initial hesitation to leave the White House post, which created internal discord.
- The $4 million far exceeded other senior aides’ pay, angering staff and deepening rifts between Biden’s core team and campaign veterans.
- Campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon earned $300,000, and some Democrats blamed Donilon for strategic errors and shielding Biden from difficult re-election discussions.
- These revelations highlight criticism of Biden’s inner circle for profiting from the failed campaign, though Donilon denies any decline in Biden’s acuity.
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Biden Paid Top Aide $4 Million for Failed Campaign
“Mike Donilon, a top adviser to former President Biden, was paid about $4 million to work on the 2024 Biden campaign at the president’s insistence,” Axios reports. “The sum was orders of magnitude higher than the pay for other top aides — campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon made $300,000 — and illustrates the standing held by Biden’s inner-most circle of advisers.” “Many former Biden officials remain bitter at Donilon for making so much money and…
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