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Real estate magnate Steve Wynn stepped down Saturday as
the finance chair of the Republican National
Committee.
Wynn has been accused of widespread sexual misconduct,
including assault.
Wynn, a prolific Republican donor, became the RNC's
finance chair after President Donald Trump's election.
Billionaire casino mogul Steve Wynn
resigned Saturday as the Republican National Committee's finance
chairman, Politico reported. Wynn's
resignation comes a day after a report detailed dozens of
allegations of sexual misconduct, including assault, against the
businessman.
RNC chair Ronna McDaniel accepted Wynn's decision to step down,
Politico said. McDaniel did not announce a replacement, and her
statement did not make mention of the allegations against Wynn or
what would happen with the money he donated to the party.
On Friday, The Wall Street Journal revealed that Wynn had engaged
in sexual misconduct for decades, according to dozens of people
who spoke with the publication. They accused Wynn of regularly
intimidating employees of his Las Vegas casinos into performing
sex acts. In one case, Wynn paid a $7.5 million settlement to a
manicurist who accused him of forcing her to have sex with him in
2005.
Wynn fired back at the allegations, calling them "the continued
work of my ex-wife Elaine Wynn, with whom I am involved in a
terrible and nasty lawsuit in which she is seeking a revised
divorce settlement.”
“The idea that I ever assaulted any woman is preposterous,” Wynn
added in his statement to The Journal.
Trump selected Wynn as the RNC finance chair after his election.
Wynn also served as a member of Trump's inaugural committee and
donated $729,217 to the inauguration event through his
company, Wynn Resorts.
Although Wynn didn't support Trump during the Republican
presidential primary, he threw his support behind him during the
general election, and has since praised Trump for "having the Unshakeable
courage to do the right thing."
Wynn has been a prolific Republican donor for
years, although he has also given money to some Democrats as
well.
The billionaire has contributed millions to the RNC, the National
Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), President Donald Trump,
Republican Sens. John McCain and Mitch McConnell, and Democrats
Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, among many others.
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