National Security Advisor Mike Waltz donated nearly $10,000 to three past Republican presidential candidates who staunchly opposed President Donald Trump – while not giving his boss a single dime, federal election data reportedly shows.
Waltz, who is now at the center of the Signal group chat controversy that has taken over the administration, donated a total of $8,150 to former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL), according to RealClearInvestigations reporter Paul Sperry.
Waltz’s biggest donation went to Romney at $5,000, followed by Bush, who received $2,700 from the national security adviser and former Dick Cheney advisor, Sperry reported, citing Federal Election Commission records.
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Rounding out the political contributions to the "Never Trumpers" was the $450 Waltz pledge to McCain’s campaign.
Waltz has taken heat since a Monday report in The Atlantic as the Trump official who invited the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, to a group chat where high-ranking government officials discussed top secret plans for a bombing raid in Yemen. Waltz on Tuesday said he took “full responsibility” for the leaked Signal chat, even as he floated a conspiracy that Goldberg may have got himself in the thread.
NEW: FEC records for ex-Cheney aide Michael Waltz, now Trump's nat'l security adviser who "accidentally" leaked to The Atlantic, show he's contributed $8,150 to NeverTrumpers and zero $ to Trump:
Mitt Romney ... $5,000
John McCain ... $450
Jeb Bush ... $2,700
Donald Trump ... $0
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) March 26, 2025