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   From: gavin.newsom.democrat.felcher@disney.com   
      
      
      
   In all of the research on the bill in the Legislature,  AB 44,   
   to ban fur products in California, big Democratic donor and   
   LGBTQ activist Ed Buck’s name was prominent. Buck was just   
   arrested last week for luring young, gay African American men to   
   his home, and injecting them with methamphetamine. Buck is   
   alleged to have preyed on gay at-risk men, and pressured them to   
   do drugs, and especially, crystal meth.   
      
   Gemmel Moore, 26, was found dead inside Buck’s home in 2017.   
   Timothy Dean, 55, was found dead in Buck’s West Hollywood   
   apartment this year, yet Buck was never arrested. Recently, a   
   third young man nearly died, before Buck was finally arrested.   
   “Buck was arrested at his West Hollywood home Tuesday night,   
   less than a week after a man fled Buck’s home fearing he was   
   suffering a methamphetamine overdose, prosecutors allege,” the   
   Los Angeles Times reported.   
      
   Buck was a well-known wealthy Democratic Party donor, and was   
   the activist who first introduced the idea of a ban on fur   
   products. His home city of West Hollywood was the first city to   
   impose one.   
      
   This case is reminiscent of the Harvey Weinstein case. Weinstein   
   wasn’t arrested for years despite many credible accusations and   
   police reports of sexual abuses, many say because of his   
   political contributions.   
      
   It appears Buck spread a lot of campaign contributions around,   
   which served to buy favor with politicians, to ensure support   
   for his fur ban legislation. But is also worked to protect him   
   and keep him from being arrested even while he continued   
   drugging and manipulating men.   
      
   Under both his name and a PAC called Animal PAC he maxed out on   
   political contributions, and contributed hundreds of thousands   
   of dollars to politicians.   
      
   Ed Buck’s political donations are also interesting.   
      
   *Buck’s biggest political investment was for more than $300,000   
   to his political action committee called Animal PAC/Social   
   Compassion in Legislation for Animals. This PAC donated to   
   several campaigns.   
      
   *A partial list of beneficiaries of Ed Buck’s Animal PAC   
   include: Henry Stern for State Senate ($4,200), Anthony   
   Portantino for Senate 2016 ($2,500), Jeffrey Prang for Accessor   
   ($6,000), Mike Feuer for City Attorney 2013 ($1,300), John Perez   
   for Assembly 2012 ($3,900), Bob Blumenfield for Assembly 2012   
   ($1,000), Betty Yee for State Controller 2014 ($250), John Duran   
   for West Hollywood City Council ($3,200), Jeffrey Prang for West   
   Hollywood City Council ($3,200)   
      
   *Records dating back to 2009 showed Los Angeles Mayor Eric   
   Garcetti was one of Buck’s high-profile recipients, receiving   
   $1,400 in 2016. That money was returned about a month after   
   Moore died.   
      
   *Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey received $100   
   from Buck in 2012. Her campaign claims that money was given back   
   in February of 2018.   
      
   *He gave former California state Senate leader Kevin De Leon   
   $18,700 over several campaigns.   
      
   *Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu took in $19,400 in state and   
   federal donations from Buck.   
      
   *Buck gave Rep. Adam Schiff, now chairman of the House Permanent   
   Select Committee on Intelligence, $2,700 in 2016.   
      
   *He made donations of $38,700 to John D’Amico, whose initial   
   election to the West Hollywood City Council in 2011 was a   
   project of Buck’s. An animal rights activist, Buck endorsed and   
   campaigned for D’Amico and provided him with an army of campaign   
   workers from various animal rights groups based on his support   
   for a ban on the sale of fur in West Hollywood.   
      
   In West Hollywood in advance of or during consideration of the   
   fur ban ordinance, Buck made $24,700 in donations to John Duran,   
   $2,500 in donations to Lauren Meister and $2,000 in donations to   
   John Heilman.   
      
   The political favor Mr. Buck earned through these donations   
   enabled him to secure a strong coalition of support for the fur   
   ban legislation among lawmakers…many of the same lawmakers who   
   also apparently provided him the special treatment and   
   protections that enabled him to avoid arrest for two years while   
   he continued to drug and manipulate men, nearly resulting in a   
   third death.   
      
   Below is a partial list of Ed Buck’s political contributions,   
   including his PAC contributions. The rest of his contributions   
   can be found Center for Responsive Politics, which is known as   
      
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