Rockbridge dark-money network helps shape Trump's Cabinet

JD Vance co-founded the Rockbridge Network, a $75 million annual donor club coordinating eight conservative political organizations, in the years before the 2024 election. The network steered funding to election-denial infrastructure, redistricting campaigns, and state legislative power consolidation. Multiple Rockbridge-affiliated donors and operatives were placed in senior roles in Trump's second-term cabinet and transition team.