By Jason Hopkins
A high-powered investment manager with an ownership stake in marijuana facilities allegedly staffed by children and criminal illegal migrants has poured thousands into mostly Democratic campaigns — and even Republican Nikki Haley’s failed presidential bid.
Although the staffing of pot farms with children and illegal immigrants may violate several laws, there is no illegality with regard to simply maintaining a marijuana grow site in California.
A joint Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operation in July targeted two marijuana grow sites in Southern California, resulting in the apprehension of hundreds of illegal migrants and the rescue of roughly 14 migrant children. James Rosenwald— a founding partner of Dalton Investments and a direct owner of a large stake in Glass House Brands, the company targeted by the raid — has donated more than $93,000 in support of high-profile Democrats and Democrat-aligned groups over the past decade, according to campaign donation filings reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Glass House Brands and Rosenwald did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the DCNF.
Since 2015, the investment kingpin has shelled out nearly $100k support of Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Adam Schiff and pro-Democrat political action committees such as ActBlue, Progressive PAC, Blue Momentum and the California Democratic Party. The donations are listed in Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings and California public campaign finance records.
Rosenwald controls roughly 14% of total voting power within Glass House Brands, according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents. He is listed as the founding partner of Dalton Investments and previously served as an advisor to the Soros Fund Management. His company biography also boasts that he “advised numerous Soros Group funds between 1992 and 1998.”
