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$900M paid out to end wind farm project going to firm run by Mar-a-Lago neighbor

The Trump administration will pay German energy firm RWE $1.2 billion to relinquish offshore wind leases in New York, California and Louisiana, with $900 million earmarked for RWE to acquire a stake in a Louisiana liquefied natural gas project owned by Stonespeak. Stonespeak is led by Michael Dorrell, a billionaire who lives near Mar-a-Lago and donated $1 million to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee, prompting Democratic lawmakers to allege a conflict of interest.