Big Oil Donated $383,000 To Lawmakers Grilling Its Executives About Gas Prices.

Going back to 1975, the PACs for the six companies and the industry trade group have made $46.8 million in political contributions.

“You can own stocks and still be critical of a company, look at Elon Musk,” said campaign spokesperson, Brittany Yanick. She went on to claim that Oz’s private investment pales in comparison with his primary opponent, former hedge fund executive David McCormick’s, “record of ripping off Pennsylvania taxpayers.”

Oz trails McCormick in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary, according to polls taken by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Washington Free Beacon. Voting ends on May 17.

While Oz took flack for running to represent Pennsylvania despite living in New Jersey, his disclosures do reveal a Keystone State connection. He owns at least $5 million worth of shares in Wawa, the Pennsylvania-based gas station and convenience store that’s a bit of an institution in the Mid-Atlantic. The dividends from Wawa alone paid Oz more than $1 million last year.

As for earned income, Oz reported receiving $10 million, $2 million of which came from hosting the Dr. Oz Show while another $7 million was from his stake in Oz Media.

Additionally, Oz reported $594,000 in honoraria payments. His appearances on Jeopardy and the app Cameo as well as three speeches raised $347,000, which he donated to charity. (The $268,000 he was paid for 11 days of hosting the game show is $94,000 more than what his annual salary would be in the Senate.) Oz did pocket the $125,000 he was paid for giving a speech to the American Pistachio Growers Association.

Oz’s disclosure was first reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Mississippi Republican Party spent $35,000 on legal fees in February, which comprised 60% of its spending that month, according to a report it filed in March. The fees relate to a 2002 court case involving redistricting, said Tate Lewis, the Mississippi GOP’s executive director.

"The Federal Election Commission has referred the first of its fines against Amy Kremer’s PAC Women Vote Smart (formerly named Women Vote Trump) to the U.S. Department of Treasury for enforcement and collection,” Rantt Media reported on Wednesday. Kremer was an organizer of the Stop the Steal rally on January 6. She and her PAC owe at least $20,000 in past-due fines.

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The Secret Service police were still maintaining a presence outside of former National Security Advisor John Bolton's suburban D.C. home as of Saturday. Iran is plotting to assassinate Bolton, reported the Washington Examiner in March. The Secret Service has been protecting Bolton since at least January.

Last month, the FEC collected at least $94,000 in civil penalties from companies who violated a law barring federal contractors from making political contributions. On March 10, Marathon Petroleum cut the FEC a check for $85,000. The following week office-supply wholesaler TonerQuest Inc. did likewise for $4,700 while 3M paid $4,500.