Donald Trump’s campaign paid $35,000 in April to a Londonderry advertising agency named Draper Sterling – also known as the fictional ad empire run by the two main characters in the hit AMC show “Mad Men”.
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Trump’s campaign appears to of paid Draper Sterling for “web advertising”, but an internet search does not reveal an actual company with that name. But now more details have emerged showing that, as freakish as it sounds, Draper Sterling actually does exist in real life… it’s just that no one knows what exactly it’s supposed to do.
The company was formed last December and incorporated in Delaware.
Adkins is the co-founder of Dynamic Solutions, a scientific consulting firm; and XenoTherapeutics, an “early stage medical device and research company”. Adkins’s medical device company was co-founded by Paul Holzer, a Dartmouth medical student who worked on the gubernatorial campaigns of Charlie Baker in MA and John Brunner in Missouri.
The payments to “Draper Sterling” were buried in Trump’s FEC report for the month of May, which was released on Monday. – Holzer said truth isn’t as exciting as fiction.
Holzer said his political work is secondary to his work for a non-profit called Xeno Therapeutics, a company working on genetically modified skin treatments for burn victims. Lewandowski was sacked on Monday after Trump’s children reportedly clashed with the controversial campaign manager. To date, the campaign’s fundraising has been incredible and we continue to see a tremendous outpouring of support for Mr. Trump and money to the Republican Party.
“I have never met Corey, I’ve never spoken with him”, Holzer said. Adkins and Holzer were also each payed $3,000 for “field consulting” by the Trump campaign in May, ThinkProgress notes, and Holzer listed his address as Adkins house, the same place where Draper Sterling is apparently headquartered. Itemized payments were for “ballot access” and “network service and support”.
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Dynamic Solutions also received almost $138,000 in payments from the Massachusetts Republican State Committee during six months in 2013 and 2014, according to state campaign finance records. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to questions about Draper Sterling and the work it did.
