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Super PAC supporting Mitt Romney reveals names of mystery donors

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February 08, 2012|By Brian C. Mooney

Today, Restore Our Future, the so-called super PAC supporting Romney’s presidential candidacy, amended its latest report to the Federal Election Commission, solving the mystery of a $250,000 contribution last August from a California limited liability company that appeared to exist only on paper.

The donation from “Glenbrook LLC” of Redwood City was replaced with a pair of $125,000 donations from Jesse Rogers, a Palo Alto investment fund manager, and his wife, Melinda.

The New York Times, attempting to identify the individuals behind several businesses that gave big money to the pro-Romney PAC, had appealed to its readers for help in the case of Glenbrook LLC.

It resembles another instance last year when Edward Conard, a former executive at Bain Capital, acknowledged he was the source of a $1 million contribution in April to Restore Our Future. The donation was initially reported as coming from W Spann LLC, a dummy business with an office in a New York City office building. Several other contributions to the same super PAC came from entities with no apparent business purpose.

“We collect all the information from donors that the [Federal Election Commission] requires from us to disclose on our reports,” said Brittany Gross, spokeswoman for the pro-Romney super PAC. “At the request of Jesse and Melinda Rogers, Restore Our Future has amended the report to reflect them as donors.”