According to the Paradise Papers, billionaire Robert Mercer achieved his political objectives while making very nice tax savings writes Jill AbramsonEven as he attempts to retreat further into the shadows of dark money, Robert Mercer can’t hide. The reclusive hedge fund billionaire recently turned over his political operations to other family members, but his outsized role in electing Donald Trump keeps reverberating. A cache of leaked documents known as the Paradise Papers and further reporting by the Guardian revealed on Tuesday that Mercer used secret offshore companies in Bermuda to avoid taxes and fund his efforts to sink Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Continue reading…

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