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   Arrested California Dem donor propped up causes and candidates   
   for years   
      
   Ed Buck used to mingle with prominent Democrats while   
   simultaneously filling their campaign coffers with generous   
   contributions. All of it came crashing down after two men died   
   in his West Hollywood apartment over the course of two years   
   and, most recently, a third overdosed but survived, leading to   
   Buck's arrest.   
      
   Buck was taken into custody Tuesday after he shot up his third   
   victim with two substantial doses of methamphetamine, causing an   
   overdose, in the same fashion as his first two victims. Buck   
   attempted to stop his most recent victim from seeking aid, but   
   the man escaped and made his way to a gas station to call for   
   help.   
      
   Buck, who has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to   
   Democrats nationwide, is now charged with "three counts of   
   battery causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine,   
   and maintaining a drug house." Court filings describe the   
   liberal power player as a "violent, dangerous sexual predator"   
   who preyed on the poor and homeless while manipulating them into   
   "participating in his sexual fantasies."   
      
   Buck, a businessman and activist from Arizona who in the late   
   1980s successfully ran a campaign to impeach Arizona Republican   
   governor Evan Mecham, pocketed large sums of money running   
   Gopher Courier, a company he sold before moving to California in   
   1991.   
      
   The well-known LGBTQ activist and multimillionaire became   
   politically involved locally by running for West Hollywood city   
   council. He also poured money into a number of Democratic   
   campaigns and causes, including local, state, and federal   
   efforts. He has donated more than $500,000 to such efforts.   
      
   Buck has given to the likes of Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti   
   and district attorney Jackie Lacey. West Hollywood mayor John   
   Duran received $12,500 in 2012 and 2016 from Buck, according to   
   CBS Los Angeles. Kevin de Leon, a former California state senate   
   leader, received nearly $20,000 from the financier over the   
   course of several campaign cycles. Former governor Jerry Brown   
   and West Hollywood city council members have also been on the   
   receiving end of Buck's political giving.   
      
   Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) took the maximum donation of   
   $2,700 from Buck in 2016. Rep. Ted Lieu (D., Calif.) took nearly   
   $20,000 from Buck but returned the money after the Washington   
   Free Beacon inquired about the donations following the second   
   death in January.   
      
   Buck also gave to the presidential campaigns of President Barack   
   Obama and Hillary Clinton. Other Democrats on the national   
   level, including Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.), have also   
   received tens of thousands of dollars from Buck.   
      
   Following the deaths in Buck's home, the Democratic politicians   
   separated themselves from the money by donating it to a variety   
   of charities when questioned on the contributions.   
      
   Before Buck's third victim came to light, some warned of Buck's   
   ways. Following the initial incidents, a group of gay black men   
   came forward and said that Buck had a fetish for "shooting drugs   
   into youthful black men he picks up off the street and on hookup   
   sites."   
      
   In December 2016, Gemmel Moore, a 26-year-old black male escort,   
   wrote in a journal that he had become addicted to drugs and that   
   Buck was "the one to thank." Moore said Buck had given him his   
   first dose of crystal meth. In the summer of 2017, Moore turned   
   up dead in Buck's apartment from a drug overdose. At the time of   
   Moore's death, the Los Angeles district attorney ruled that   
   there was "insufficient evidence" to bring charges against Buck.   
      
   A year and a half later, in January 2019, a second black man, 55-   
   year-old Timothy Dean, died in Buck's home from a   
   methamphetamine overdose. Dean's death ignited protests from   
   local activists who gathered outside of Buck's apartment. "We   
   shouldn't even be here. There shouldn't be a second victim," the   
   mother of Gemmel Moore told the crowd at the time.   
      
   Many have called for Buck to be brought to justice for years.   
   Jasmyne Cannick, a California-based community activist, accused   
   Los Angeles officials of not prosecuting Buck due to his   
   political contributions. Buck's attorneys have maintained that   
   the deaths were accidental.   
      
   "Arrest Ed Buck, prosecute Ed Buck, and then a jury needs to   
   convict Ed Buck," Cannick said at a protest outside of his   
   apartment following the second death. "This man has had two dead   
   bodies in his house, and he is still in his house."   
      
      
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