Giants principal proprietor Charles Johnson made one more controversial political donation final month, once more supporting Herschel Walker, who’s operating for Georgia’s contested U.S. Senate seat.
Johnson donated $100,000 final month to 34N22, a brilliant PAC that helps Walker’s candidacy, in response to FEC receipt filings reviewed by the Bay Space Information Group. The donation, dated Sept. 30, was first reported Sunday by SF Gate.
This marks the third donation Johnson has made in assist of Walker, starting with a most private donation of $2,900 on to the marketing campaign final September. He additionally donated $100,000 to 34N22 in January.
A request for remark from the Giants was not instantly returned Monday.
Walker, who's operating in opposition to incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock, has been within the information during the last month after a report from the Day by day Beast that the candidate, who has stated he's in opposition to abortion in all instances, paid for his then-girlfriend’s abortion in 2009. He additionally has been accused of threatening to shoot his ex-wife. His son Christian — a younger conservative voice on social media — stated a number of Walker members of the family urged him to not run, realizing parts of his previous would return to the fore.
Johnson has beforehand come beneath hearth for donating to U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, who, like Walker, supported “Cease the Steal” conspiracy theories concerning the 2020 presidential election, a stance Walker appeared to stroll again throughout a debate with Warnock Friday night.
After the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6 of final 12 months, Johnson declared a pledge “to do my half in serving to to heal our nation and restore peace and respect in our democratic system.”
Johnson has been concerned in Giants possession since 1993, and his son Greg turned the staff’s govt chairman in 2020.