A political advocacy group launched by Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg was bankrolled by at least seven six-figure dark money donations in 2020, according to new documents reviewed by us.

The new disclosure reveals the extent to which Buttigieg’s postpresidential campaign journey was financed by wealthy donors. Because the donors have not been publicly disclosed, it’s impossible to assess whether they may have any interests in matters related to the Transportation Department Buttigieg now leads or in the large new pool of infrastructure funds he gets to oversee.

After dropping out of the 2020 Democratic primary, Pete Buttigieg formed a political action committee called Win the Era, as well as a social welfare nonprofit called Win the Era Action Fund, which has funneled $1.9 million to the PAC since 2020 to use its email list and pay for some administrative costs.