Private equity bribed Trump $1M, then got $900M for a methane terminal

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/methane-flaring-roy-luck-flickr-e1787881818682.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">The largest benefactor of the Interior Department’s most recent <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/08/06/another-day-another-illegal-billion-dollar-bribe-to-raise-your-electricity-prices/?extended-comments=1">illegal wind buyout</a> is an Australian-American billionaire whose private equity firm will receive $900 million in exchange for a stake in a methane gas terminal in Louisiana. The near-billion-dollar buyout comes after the same billionaire gave a $1 million bribe to the originator of the deal.</p>