DCCC Rakes in Millions From Palantir Lobbyists as Protests Target the Company's ICE Surveillance Tools

[BeyondGeography]

As progressive activists blockade Palantir offices and protest the company’s AI tools used in ICE deportation and surveillance operations, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has continued taking millions from the company’s lobbyists, according to new Federal Election Commission filings.

In January alone, more than a dozen lobbyists with firms representing Palantir bundled a combined $2.9 million for the DCCC, according to a newly filed FEC disclosure. The January haul from Palantir’s lobbying firms represents 38% of the DCCC’s total contributions for the month.

The bipartisan lobbying firm Invariant was paid $560,000 last year by Palantir, making the Peter Thiel-co-founded data analytics and artificial intelligence company its third-largest client. Its lobbyists steered more than $1.8 million to the DCCC in January, a sum that adds to the at least $3.8 million it gave to House Democrats’ campaign arm last year, making it one of the committee’s most significant known fundraising forces this election cycle. The other Palantir lobbying firm that gave big money to the DCCC last month is Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, whose leaders, top lobbyists, and company PAC bundled a combined $1.1 million.

…Some Democratic candidates have been refunding Palantir-tied contributions due to pressure from activists. In recent weeks, lawmakers like Colorado Rep. Jason Crow and Sen. John Hickenlooper announced plans to donate tens of thousands in Palantir-linked contributions to immigrant rights nonprofits, while Illinois Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and New York Rep. Pat Ryan have redirected nearly $120,000 in similar funds to migrant support groups. Crow is a co-chair for recruitment with the DCCC this cycle. Activists, including those behind the Purge Palantir campaign, have pressured more politicians to follow suit or pledge to reject Palantir-tied money ahead of the midterms.

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