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Former President Biden’s top political aide Mike Donilon told congressional investigators Thursday that he was paid $4 million for his work on Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign and would have made an additional $4 million if Biden had won, according to a person familiar with his testimony.Why it matters: Donilon’s testimony shows he had a financial incentive for Biden to run for re-election even as the majority of voters expressed doubts about the president’s ability to do the job another four years.Driving the news: Donilon’s $4 million salary was first reported in the book “Original Sin,” but the potential $4 million bonus was previously unknown.He was the latest Biden aide to be interviewed in the Republican House Oversight Committee’s probe of Biden’s fitness for office.Donilon told investigators that “every president ages over the four years of a presidency and President Biden did as well…
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Scoop: Top Biden aide was promised $8 million for 2024 win
Former President Biden’s top political aide Mike Donilon told congressional investigators Thursday that he was paid $4 million for his work on Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign and would have made an additional $4 million if Biden had won, according to a person familiar with his testimony.Why it matters: Donilon’s testimony shows he had a financial