Wind deal payout funds Trump donor’s LNG project, prompting ethics questions

Under a settlement that cancels offshore wind leases, German energy group RWE will receive about $1.2 billion in a fund, with roughly $900 million funneled into buying a stake in Woodside Energy’s Louisiana LNG project. The stake is being purchased from a private equity fund run by Michael Dorrell, a Trump donor and associate of Stonepeak, prompting lawmakers to scrutinize potential conflicts of interest even as White House officials say the deal was a corporate decision and not coordinated by the administration.