U.S. President Joe Biden exits Air Force One upon his arrival at Paris Orly Airport near Paris on June 5, 2024, as he travels to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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President Joe Biden is planning a fundraiser through New York’s upscale coastal towns of the Hamptons later this month.
Details and hosts for the expected two receptions are still being worked out, but the weekend of June 29 is coming into focus, according to people familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss plans that are still unclear.
Hosts of the events could include hedge fund manager Barry Rosenstein and his wife Lizanne and Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Avram Glazer, a source said.
Barry Rosenstein owns an 18-acre beachfront estate in East Hampton, NY, with a mansion, pool, pond and private gardens. He bought the house for over $140 million. According to Federal Election Commission filings, the Rosensteins collectively donated $300,000 to the Biden Victory Fund.
It’s unclear whether Avram Glazer, the brother of longtime Trump supporter and Bucs co-owner Edward Glazer, owns property in the Hamptons. Glazer donated $750,000 to the Biden Victory Fund this year.
Rosenstein and a Bucs spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for the Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Money from the events will benefit the Biden Victory Fund, a joint fundraising effort for the Biden campaign, the Democratic National Committee and over a dozen state parties, a source said.
The fundraisers in the Hamptons marked the president’s first campaign visit this year to the perennial political flashpoint.
Biden is expected to attend a fundraiser in Los Angeles on June 15 that will include former President Barack Obama, Hollywood stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts, and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. According to the invitation, tickets start at $250 and go up to $500,000.
Biden attended a fundraiser in Greenwich, Connecticut on June 3, which was reportedly held at the home of Lisa and Richard Plepler.
Biden’s likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, has been fundraising on his own in recent weeks. The Republican’s campaign says it has raised more than $50 million since his felony conviction last month in New York.
On May 30, a jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records that were part of a scheme to pay hush money to a porn star in 2016. Trump’s sentencing in the case is scheduled for July 11 in New York.
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