Sunday, July 12, 2020

Purdue Pharma made political contributions after going bankrupt

https://theintercept.com/2020/07/07/purdue-pharma-bankrupt-donations/

Oxycontin maker “Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy after several cities sued the company for its role in creating the opioid crisis. By going bankrupt, it was able to get all litigation stayed; family members of the over 500,000 victims of the opioid crisis are now just creditors in the bankruptcy. The Sackler family — including Jonathan Sackler, a co-owner of Purdue who died Monday — made off with over $10 billion in company funds.

“Meanwhile, in December, the Democratic Attorneys General Association accepted $25,000 in donations from the company….”

Charlie Cooper

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