MAGA's coming clubhouse: Executive Branch
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Omeed Malik (left), an owner of the coming club Executive Branch, and David Sacks, a founding member, at Saturday night's announcement party. Photo: Obtained by Axios
Aspiring members of a new MAGA moguls club, Executive Branch, are offering to pay double the listed membership fee of $500,000 to get off the waiting list, a source close to the club tells Axios.
- Finishing touches are being put on the clubhouse, which is to open in Georgetown next month with a bar, lounge, restaurant and boardroom, the source tells us.
- At an announcement party on White House Correspondents' Dinner weekend, guests were offered caviar as they walked into The Occidental restaurant, near the White House.
Why it matters: The club — with Donald Trump Jr. as a lead investor, and membership tightly screened for loyalty to President Trump — will be a sumptuous retreat for rubbing shoulders with cabinet members and West Wing officials, with no danger of running into reporters or Democrats.
Besides Don Jr., the owners are financier Omeed Malik; Chris Buskirk, of 1789 Capital, who's close to Vice President Vance; and Alex Witkoff and Zach Witkoff, sons of real estate developer Steve Witkoff, the president's close friend and Middle East envoy.
- Founding members include David Sacks, White House A.I. and crypto czar, and co-star of the "All-In" podcast; his "All-In" colleague Chamath Palihapitiya; superlobbyist Jeff Miller; and the Winklevoss twins, who are co-founders of a crypto platform.
The club — which, Politico reported, aims to be the highest-end private club Washington has ever had — is getting heavy interest from "the donor community and the international community," we're told.
- For the club to take your check, you need to be approved by the owners — like with other exclusive clubs, you need to know somebody and be vouched for.
Saturday night's party, with separate VIP and VVIP sections, drew Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, FCC chair Brendan Carr, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson, SEC chair Paul Atkins, deputy FBI director Dan Bongino and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
- Also: Laura Ingraham; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt; White House deputy chiefs of staff Taylor Budowich and James Blair; Treasury's Alexandra Preate, Cora Alvi and Paras Malik; Arthur Schwartz, trusted adviser to Vance and Don Jr.; and Garrett Ventry, founder of GRV Strategies.
