But Azima's not just an adversary of federal regulators, he's an indiscriminate buddy of whoever's in power. A White House insider under Reagan and Bush, he has also cozied up to Clinton at three White House coffees. Azima's bipartisan largesse may pay off in immunization from at least one federal inquiry, as Thompson now chairs the Senate committee investigating fundraising abuses. Since handing over the family business to his son, Bronfman Sr. has busied himself searching for the lost wealth of Holocaust victims, and pouring his own wealth into politics. Browse The full Mother Jones 400 list.
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