Eyeing national race, Trump moves on fundraising, expansionBy Jonathan Lemire and Julie Bykowicz | AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-open-path-to-nomination-causes-agony-for-some-in-gop/2016/05/04/0fe7ba48-1257-11e6-a9b5-bf703a5a7191_story.htmlNEW YORK — Donald Trump is taking his first steps toward broadening his primary insurgency into a full-fledged general election campaign, moving to unite a fractured Republican Party behind him and begin raising the massive amounts of money needed for a national race.
Trump began to reach out to party heavyweights, including making efforts to repair his at-times strained relationships with the Republican National Committee and GOP donors whom he bashed repeatedly during the primary
His campaign also named Steven Mnuchin as its national finance chairman Thursday, saying in a statement that “he brings unprecedented experience and expertise to a fundraising operation that will benefit the Republican Party and ultimately defeat Hillary Clinton.”
Mnuchin is chairman and chief executive officer of Dune Capital management LLC, a private investment firm, and previously worked at the New York bank Goldman Sachs.
