The biggest single recipient of COVID-19 bailout loans is a hotel chain controlled by the Dallas billionaire Monty Bennett — the company received $46 million in loans this month.
The biggest single recipient of COVID-19 bailout loans is a hotel chain controlled by the Dallas billionaire Monty Bennett — the company received $46 million in loans this month. Last month, as the bailout package was being negotiated, Bennett's companies hired two Trump fundraisers as lobbyists, and Bennett made a $50,000 donation to Trump's joint fundraising committee. Bennett is one of dozens of tycoons rushing to pay Trump-connected lobbyists for access as the government spreads billions of dollars in economic relief, a Business Insider analysis of lobbying-disclosure records found.
