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Undated: Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter (Hebrew: יצחק "אייק" פרלמוטר; December 1, 1942) is an Israeli-American businessperson and financier. He is the chairman and former CEO of Marvel Entertainment.[4][5][6] He was also the owner of Remington Products and Marvel Toys.
In 2015, Laura Perlmutter donated $2 million to a Super-PAC supporting the presidential candidacy of Sen. Marco Rubio.[2]
Early in his career, Perlmutter met his wife Laurie J. Perlmutter at a Catskills resort and they married soon after. They divide their time between homes in Palm Beach, Florida, close to Mar-a-Lago, and New York City.[3]
Perlmutter takes great pride in never having given an interview over his entire career despite being in the public eye due to his many court battles and bankruptcy fights.[3] He has rarely been spontaneously photographed.[3][21][17]
In January 2016, according to Donald Trump, Isaac intended to donate $1 million to the presidential candidate's wounded veterans initiative at Drake University.[19]
On June 30, 2016, Laura Perlmutter donated $449,400 to a PAC supporting Donald Trump, and later was part of Trump's Inauguration committee.[20]
In April 2017, Perlmutter was categorized by The New York Times as one of the "Clubgoers" among twenty people whom President Trump consults "outside the White House gates". He "has been informally advising ... on veterans issues [and] ... has been a presence" at Mar-a-Lago, according to the account.[21]
In August 2018 non-profit news organization ProPublica reported that Trump had informally authorized three members of his Mar-a-Lago club to direct policy at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and issue instructions to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Peter O'Rourke. Perlmutter was named among the three.[22] The author of the article obtained "hundreds of documents" through the Freedom of Information Act that show the three were in daily contact with the agency, "reviewing all manner of policy and personnel decisions" and that "they prodded the VA to start new programs, and officials travelled to Mar-a-Lago at taxpayer expense to hear their views."[22]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Perlmutter
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June 13: How a Legal Brawl Between Two Rich Guys Could Change How We Think About DNA
Toronto businessman Harold Peerenboom and Marvel Entertainment chairman Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter were locked in an absurd suburban skirmish, bickering over who should run the tennis center at Sloan’s Curve, the exclusive Palm Beach waterfront community where both men resided. Peerenboom wanted to open bidding for the position. Perlmutter was happy with the status quo, a woman named Karen Donnelly who had run the center for years.
Soon, the skirmish escalated to all-out war. Bankrolled by Perlmutter, Donnelly sued Peerenboom, claiming that he had slandered her at community board meetings. Meanwhile, Peerenboom began receiving volumes of hate mail, and his neighbors and business associates received letters accusing him murder and molesting children. Naturally, Peerenboom sued Perlmutter back.
And it didn’t stop there. Next came the event that would elevate this reality-TV-ready drama to a case of national interest.
https://gizmodo.com/how-a-legal-brawl-between-two-rich-guys-could-change-ho-1824191082
August 7: Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter is reportedly part of a troika of wealthy men "shadow" governing the Department of Veteran Affairs.
According to a report by ProPublica published Tuesday, Perlmutter, along with two other members of Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, have been overseeing policy at the VA for months, with a significant hand in shaping policy, overseeing personnel decisions as well as being in regular contact with officials from the department.
ProPublica reports that Perlmutter is the leader of the group shadow running the VA with the other men being Marc Sherman, a lawyer, and Bruce Moskowitz, a Palm Beach doctor. None of the three men holds official government positions and none are veterans. All are members of Trump-owned Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where membership initiation fees cost $200,000.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ike-perlmutter-has-been-secretly-advising-department-veteran-affairs-1133105
November 16: Marvel Entertainment Chairman Named in NYPD Bribery Trial Over a Gun Permit and Movie Tickets
Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter is notorious for his political conservatism and aversion to being photographed. But a new report out of Manhattan Federal Court alleges Perlmutter’s assistant worked with a police officer to acquire a gun license renewal in New York City for her boss—presumably using power and status to expedite the process through illegal quid pro quo.
The NY Daily News reported this past Wednesday that former NYPD sergeant David Villanueva, who once worked in the NYPD’s License Division, testified under oath that he helped get Perlmutter’s license to carry a firearm renewed (a normally difficult task considering NYC’s laws) in exchange for tickets to a number of Marvel movie premieres, many of which were held in Los Angeles. The claim comes in the wake of new changes to the application process which, beginning earlier this year, now require that anyone seeking a gun permit in NYC go through an online portal as opposed to filling out physical applications turned in directly to the License Division.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/marvel-entertainment-chairman-named-in-nypd-bribery-tri-1830497393
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February 6: Marvel's Ike Perlmutter Pushed in Court for Documents About Trump Lobbying
Perlmutter, a longtime Trump friend, communicated with the president's former fixer, Michael Cohen, and is alleged to have lobbied law enforcement to act against his adversary in a civil suit.
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