Overview
- Reporting Tuesday revealed that Reid Hoffman gave about $11.5 million to Lone Star Rising, a super PAC supporting James Talarico, and also made a $7,000 individual donation to Jon Ossoff’s 2025–2026 campaign.
- Both Talarico and Ossoff have used the phrase 'Epstein class' to criticize billionaire influence, and Republicans and the RNC have seized the disclosures to accuse the Democrats of hypocrisy.
- Campaign spokespeople for Talarico and Ossoff say federal law bars coordination with super PACs and emphasize that the large Lone Star Rising gift was independent of their campaigns.
- Hoffman has publicly apologized for prior contacts with Jeffrey Epstein and has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing related to those associations.
- The reporting underscores how a small number of wealthy donors and super PACs can shape competitive Senate races and may prompt closer scrutiny of outside funding and donor optics as the contests proceed.