Andrew Intrater

Intrater gained wider public attention in 2023, when it was revealed that he was a major donor to George Santos, a right-wing freshman congressman of the Republican Party. Santos was later caught lying to the public on multiple occasions, in particular involving his résumé.[7] The Washington Post reported that Santos’s main campaign committee received the maximal individual amount of USD 5,800 from Intrater as well as his wife. On top of that committees with connections to Santos received ”tens of thousands” of Dollars. Intrater's personal holding company invested “hundreds of thousands of Dollars“ into a bond fund run by Santos former employer Harbor City, which was accused by regulators of running a Ponzi scheme. Intrater claims to have been a victim of the fraud. [8][9] [10]

Intrater had close ties with Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s long time personal lawyer, who received a USD 1,000,000 consulting contract from Intrater’s firm Columbus Nova.[11] Intrater also paid USD 250,000 to attend the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump.[12] The lawyers of Stormy Daniels believed that he contributed to her hush money payment.[13][14] Intrater also donated to the campaign of Madison Cawthorn, another right-wing newcomer of the Republican Party.[15]