I think that this probably should not be misconstrued as if I’m deeply involved in trying to support their campaign or anything like that.” The CEO added: “When a number of colleagues who I’d worked with at Facebook or my philanthropic foundation were interested in working there, they asked me or my wife Priscilla to send over their resume. The pair attended Harvard University together. We have several mutual friends in college who introduced me” several years ago to Buttigieg. Zuckerberg told CBS News: “This shouldn’t be taken as an endorsement.
21.01 BST Zuckerberg confirms he recommended potential hires to Buttigieg's campaignįacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed Bloomberg News’ reporting that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recommended potential hires to Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s campaign earlier this year. Connolly (D-Va.) and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) both plan to launch bids to succeed Cummings as Oversight chair. Like others, she declined to speak in great detail about the contours of her bid out of respect for Cummings’s passing last week.Īccording to people familiar with their plans, speaking on the condition of anonymity to talk frankly, Reps. Maloney (D-N.Y.) is serving as active chair of the committee, as its most senior Democratic member, and she said in a brief interview Friday that she intends to seek the gavel on a permanent basis. The candidates range from the most senior to more junior Democrats on the panel, represent a mix of genders and races, and have focused on different areas of the committee’s work, from citizenship and census matters to its current investigations into Trump’s administration and business dealings. The funeral for representative Elijah Cummings is not taking place until Thursday, but the power struggle within the House Democratic caucus to take over the oversight committee has already started.
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