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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington in New York

Charles Koch’s network launches $20m campaign backing Trump tax breaks

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Charles Koch at the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on 29 June 2019. Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP

Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the flagship political arm of the rightwing network formed by the fossil fuels billionaire Charles Koch and his late brother David, is launching a multimillion-dollar campaign backing Donald Trump’s plans to extend tax cuts and roll back federal regulations.

A private fundraising letter from AFP to its secretive list of donors, seen by the Guardian, outlines the organization’s strategy for the first six months of the new Trump administration.

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