Two Democratic Senate candidates have received backlash for accepting donations from a Democrat megadonor with former ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Hoffman donated $11.5 million to a Talarico-aligned super PAC called Lone Star Rising, according to The Texas Tribune. Hoffman donated $7,000 to Ossoff’s campaign, the maximum legal amount. Evidence showed Epstein pal Hoffman donated to Durbin and WhitehouseIn December, the Department of Justice (DOJ) publicly accused two other Democrats of taking Hoffman’s dark money. But the DOJ’s letter in December stated that publicly available evidence showed Hoffman donated to Durbin and Whitehouse.