LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman considering leaving US after Trump victory: report
Reid Hoffman, the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn and Democratic Party mega-donor, is reportedly so distraught over President-elect Donald Trump’s victory that he has considered leaving the country.Hoffman, who was vocal in his support of Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed campaign, has told friends that he is thinking of relocating overseas due to fears that Trump would use his power in the White House to seek retribution against his political enemies, according to the New York Times.After the first failed assassination attempt on Trump in July, Hoffman found himself in hot water after previous comments surfaced in which he said he wished the president-elect was an “actual martyr.”In April of last year, the Times reported that Hoffman, who donated $10 million to a super PAC backing Harris, also helped bankroll a defamation lawsuit filed by former New York magazine writer E.Jean Carroll against Trump.Trump’s lawyers argued in court at the time that Hoffman’s role in financing the lawsuit raised “significant questions” about Carroll’s credibility.A jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in 1996 and for defamation.
She was awarded $5 million in damages.Earlier this year, another jury awarded Carroll an additional $83.3 million in damages for defamation after Trump said she was lying about rape allegations.The Post has sought comment from Hoffman and the Trump transition team.Hoffman isn’t the only deep-pocketed Democrat donor who has been willing to entertain the idea of moving abroad.According to the Times, several major donors and their advisers have broached the prospect of leaving the country in private conversations.The nervous Democrat donor class has tried to regroup in the wake of Trump’s victory over Harris on Nov.
5.A four-day gathering of the Democracy Alliance, a left-leaning donor network, in Washington, DC had the feel of a “funeral,” according to two attendees who spoke to the Times.“People are kind of sh...