Former Google CEO Funneled Money to WH Science Office: Report
This article features Government Accountability Project’s whistleblower client, Rachel Wallace, and was originally published here.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly funneled money into the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy over the past year, broaching ethical concerns about his influence in the Biden administration, according to Politico.
The Politico report tracks the paths of former and current OSTP employees with extensive ties to Schmidt, a billionaire who ran Google from 2001 to 2011, and then served as executive chairman of its parent company, Alphabet, until 2020.
Citing the report, Schmidt’s charity entity, Schmidt Futures, indirectly paid the salaries of two OSTP employees for six weeks — including Marc Aidinoff, the OSTP’s acting chief of staff since February 2021.
And Tom Kalil, the chief innovation officer at Schmidt Futures, reportedly worked as an unpaid consultant at the OSTP for four months, while remaining on Schmidt’s payroll. Kalil eventually left the science office amid ethics complaints.
In the Politico report, former OSTP general counsel Rachel Wallace voiced numerous concerns over Schmidt’s influence with the science office, particularly that of former department head Eric Lander, who recently stepped down after he was accused of bullying women in the workplace.
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