President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee received millions of dollars in donations from firms in the cryptocurrency industry that’s already seeing special attention from his administration, disclosures filed with the Senate Office of Public Records show.

The American Clean Power Association, a trade group that represents wind, solar, clean hydrogen and transmission companies, gave $100,000. Among the flurry of executive orders he issued to start his term, Trump froze permits to new offshore wind power installations, a major setback for the industry, and invoked emergency powers in a bid to bolster domestic energy production.

His inaugural committee also received money from many donors who didn’t give the first time around. They include some who had earlier acknowledged they were doing so, such as Amazon.com Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., who each gave $1 million. Other new donors that gave that amount include health-care companies Bayer Corporation and Johnson & Johnson.

The disclosures offer a partial glimpse into some of the moneyed interests who paid hefty sums to help welcome Trump back to Washington. Organizations with in-house lobbyists are required to semiannually disclose their political contributions.

Trump’s inaugural committee isn’t due to release its complete list of donors to the Federal Election Commission until April 19.

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