Buttigieg opens fundraisers to media after tension over donor influence


  • World
  • Wednesday, 11 Dec 2019

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during the Teamsters Vote 2020 Presidential Forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg held his first fundraiser open to press coverage on Tuesday after facing pressure from rival Elizabeth Warren to be more transparent.

"Nobody thought the mayor of South Bend was going to be an institutional fundraising power," the South Bend, Indiana, mayor told about 80 donors gathered in the Upper East Side Manhattan apartment of investor Geoffrey Hoguet, who introduced him.

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