Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur and commercial astronaut who had his nomination to lead NASA revoked by President Donald Trump, is claiming that the decision was retribution for his ties to Elon Musk, despite the administration pointing to his recent donations to Democrats as the reason for his departure.
Public donation records revealed that Isaacman, who has “worked alongside” Elon Musk at SpaceX, where he led private space flights missions, made a $100,000 contribution to the Democrat Senate Majority PAC in late 2021.
The businessman, who is the founder and CEO of payment processor Shift4 Payments, also gave $50,000 to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and thousands to other Democrats, including Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT), Elissa
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