Last week, a litany of angered tech industry titans teamed up to protest President Trump’s controversial executive order, barring Syrian refugees as well as seven Muslim-majority countries from entry to the US. But as it turns out, some of the same companies that passionately stood up against the anti-immigration order also pledged big money to Trump’s inauguration ceremony, according to a new report from POLITICO. Most notably, Google and Microsoft made sizeable contributions to the celebrations accompanying Trump’s swearing-in, offering both cash donations as well as technical services free of charge. Citing undisclosed sources and federal documents, the publication claims Microsoft pledged $250,000 in cash as well…
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