Tony Fabrizio Explained

Tony Fabrizio
Birth Name:Anthony Fabrizio
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Party:Republican

Anthony Fabrizio (born 1960) is an American Republican pollster and strategist. The principal in Fabrizio, Lee & Associates, Fabrizio was the pollster for Donald Trump's fall 2016 presidential campaign, former Senator Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign, U.S. Senator Rand Paul's U.S. Senate and 2016 presidential campaign, and former Governor Rick Perry's 2012 presidential campaign, among others. He also served as a pollster for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the 2014 midterm elections.

Fabrizio is a silent owner of Multi Media Services Corporation (MMSC).[1] MMSC was the biggest vendor to the top pro-Trump Rebuilding America Now super PAC.[1]

In February 2018, he was questioned by Robert Mueller's Special Counsel team about polling data shared with pro-Kremlin pro-Putin individuals.

Career

In 1996, Fabrizio served as chief pollster and strategist to Bob Dole's Presidential campaign, which was unsuccessful. He has also worked for several dozen U.S. Senators and Governors, including Tim Pawlenty, Rand Paul, Bill Cassidy, David Perdue, among others. During 2012 and 2013, he received $250,000 for his efforts to assist Paul Manafort's pro-Russia, pro-Kremlin, pro-Putin efforts in Ukraine.[2] He was also pollster for the Republican Governor Association's campaign to reelect Governor Scott Walker in 2014. He also served as the pollster for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's independent campaign effort that helped elect six new Republican Senators and re-elect three Republican incumbents in 2014.[3]

In 2015, he served as pollster for successful gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin in Kentucky, and that year also aided Rand Paul's Presidential campaign.[3] Following Paul's exit from the race, Fabrizio was hired by the campaign of Donald Trump as Chief Pollster, joining fellow pollsters Kellyanne Conway and John McLaughlin (Fabrizio's former business partner).[4] [5] Fabrizio's hiring as Trump's pollster came as a surprise to political analysts, pointing to Trump's past opposition to pollsters, with Trump stating in an interview with Chuck Todd on Meet the Press, "I don't have pollsters. I don't want to waste money on pollsters. I don't want to be unreal. I want to be me. I have to be me."[4] He and Conway were among those representing the Trump campaign at Harvard University's post-election roundtable.[6] Fabrizio is also longtime friends with former Trump advisers Paul Manafort and Roger Stone.[7]

In October 2016, it was reported in multiple media outlets that Trump was refusing to pay for Fabrizio's polling services, with the Federal Election Commission report showing that Trump's campaign was disputing nearly $767,000 (~$ in) that Fabrizio's firm said it was still owed for polling.[8] [9]

Fabrizio has additionally worked with clients including Visa, Hewlett-Packard, Bank of America, AOL/Time-Warner, FedEx, Pfizer, and Harrah's, among others.[10]

As of 2023, Fabrizio was running polling operations for Trumps MAGA Inc. super PAC.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Mueller's Special Counsel investigations

In February 2018, Fabrizio was questioned by Robert Mueller's team to determine if voter information and polling data was shared with the Kremlin during the 2016 United States elections.[2] On January 8, 2019, Paul Manafort's attorneys failed to redact and inadvertently revealed that Mueller's prosecutors knew that 2016 voter information and polling data had been shared with pro-Kremlin Ukrainians through Konstantin Kilimnik to Serhiy Lyovochkin and Rinat Akhmetov.[2] [18] [19]

Personal life

Fabrizio is a Brooklyn native, and grew up on Long Island in New York.[4]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A mysterious payment to Paul Manafort's lawyer reveals a hidden chapter of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign . Christina Wilkie . March 10, 2019 . CNBC.com . March 20, 2019 . July 23, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210723211714/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/10/paul-manafort-lawyer-mysterious-payment-hidden-chapter-of-trump-2016-campaign.html . live .
  2. News: Robert Mueller met with President Donald Trump's pollster. January 10, 2019. CNN. MSN News. Murray. Sara. Polantz. Katelyn. January 10, 2019. January 10, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190110222522/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/robert-mueller-met-with-president-donald-trumps-pollster/ar-BBS4qMO. live.
  3. Web site: Tony Fabrizio - Fabrizio, Lee & Associates . Fabrizio, Lee & Associates . 2016-12-02 . 2016-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161105085026/http://www.fabriziolee.com/tony-fabrizio.html . dead .
  4. Web site: After resisting for months, Trump hires top pollster . Politico . 2016-12-02 . 2016-05-16 . Caputo, Marc . 2021-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211001024128/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/donald-trump-pollster-223251 . live .
  5. Web site: Donald Trump hires pollster Tony Fabrizio . CNN . 2016-12-02 . 2016-05-17 . Acosta, Jim . 2021-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211106214148/https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/17/politics/donald-trump-pollster-tony-fabrizio/ . live .
  6. "Roundtable Discussion: The General Election," accessed thru http://iop.harvard.edu/get-inspired/campaign-managers-conference/campaign-president-managers-look-2016
  7. Web site: Donald Trump Hires Pollster After Previously Attacking Them . Jaffe, Alexandra . 2016-12-02 . 2016-05-16 . NBC News . 2021-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211106214103/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-hires-pollster-after-previously-attacking-them-n575111 . live .
  8. Web site: Trump refusing to pay campaign pollster . The Boston Globe . 2016-12-03 . 2016-10-31 . Gold, Matea . 2020-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125033121/https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/10/31/trump-refusing-pay-campaign-pollster/HXfxHyrkF2aSFFQOxRHdoK/story.html . live .
  9. Web site: Latest Unpaid Trump Vendor Is His Own Pollster, Filing Shows . The New York Times . 2016-12-03 . 2016-11-01 . Confessore, Nicholas . 2021-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210525020636/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/tony-fabrizio-trump-vendor.html?_r=0 . live .
  10. Web site: Arena Profile: Tony Fabrizio . Politico . 2016-12-02 . 2017-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728115229/http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/tony_fabrizio.html . dead .
  11. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/25/trump-campaign-lacivita/ "Trump eyes longtime Virginia operative for senior 2024 campaign role"
  12. Web site: Trump-Linked Super PAC Spends Millions In These Key Senate Races. Sara. Dorn. October 26, 2022. Forbes.
  13. Web site: Trump to unleash millions in the midterms in possible prelude to 2024. Alex. Isenstadt. September 23, 2022. POLITICO. July 30, 2024. July 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240730160703/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/23/trump-midterms-2024-pac-00058515. live.
  14. Web site: Trump allies launch new super PAC to bolster GOP candidates in midterms as former President eyes 2024 campaign. Gabby Orr, Dan Merica, Fredreka Schouten. September 23, 2022. CNN. July 30, 2024. July 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240730160700/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/politics/donald-trump-allies-super-pac/index.html. live.
  15. Web site: Trump Has a 'Solid' 2024 Team But MAGA Fringe Never Far Away. November 23, 2022. Time. July 30, 2024. February 14, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214233705/https://time.com/6236403/trump-2024-campaign-team-maga-fringe/. live.
  16. Web site: Top Trump allies launch super PAC to back endorsed candidates. Brett. Samuels. September 23, 2022. The Hill.
  17. Web site: Did Donald Trump Already Forget He’s Running for President?. Jake Lahut, Zachary. Petrizzo. December 9, 2022. The Daily Beast. July 30, 2024. July 30, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240730161202/https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-donald-trump-already-forget-hes-running-for-president. live.
  18. News: Manafort Accused of Sharing Trump Polling Data With Russian Associate. January 8, 2019. New York Times. LaFraniere. Sharon. Vogel. Kenneth P.. Haberman. Maggie. January 10, 2019. January 9, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190109010257/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/politics/manafort-trump-campaign-data-kilimnik.html. live.
  19. News: Paul Manafort's Lawyers Tried To Redact A Court Filing About Whether Manafort Lied To Investigators. It Didn't Work: Manafort's lawyers filed a response to allegations by special counsel Robert Mueller's office that he lied after signing a plea deal. They tried to keep certain sections secret by redacting, but it was done incorrectly, making the information public. January 8, 2019. BuzzFeed News. Tillman. Zoe. January 10, 2019. January 17, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210117022902/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/paul-manafort-redacted-konstanin-kilimnik-lying. live.

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