
Future Forward USA Action ad (screengrab)
The chairman of the US Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Advisory Board made a large contribution to a liberal Super PAC, New York Times correspondent Ken Vogel reported Friday.
Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, donated $750,000 to Future Forward USA Action, according to FEC reports.
As Vogel noted, the group produced an ad linking Trump to white supremacist and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.
NEW: Ex-@Google chief ERIC SCHMIDT (who chairs the @DeptofDefense's @InnovationBoard) donated $750k last month to t… https://t.co/zw8ezDvk5e— Kenneth P. Vogel (@Kenneth P. Vogel) 1592611432.0