A political action committee started by EPA chief Lee Zeldin took a $50,000 contribution from a company tied to a businessman and former plastic industry executive.
The donation to Leadership America Needs came Nov. 29, 2024, nearly three weeks after then-President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate Zeldin — a former congressman — to be EPA administrator.
Campaign finance records released last week attribute the contribution to Yasur LLC, which had a post office address in New York City. The company has little in the way of a footprint, but Georgia incorporation records tie it to Yossi Sagol, chair of Sagol Holdings, an investment firm involved in real estate, technology and other industries.
While that is the last contribution the PAC has taken in, an ethics expert questioned whether Zeldin, now Senate-confirmed in his EPA role, has sufficiently distanced himself from the organization.
