the Koch brothers, were hardly enthusiastic about Trump either, although they had refused to make the eight-figure media buy attacking him advocated by Marc Short, the head of their political arm, Freedom Partners, and a friend of Pompeo’s. Short quit to work for Rubio, but after Rubio lost ended up working for Mike Pence, another longtime Koch beneficiary, when Trump selected him as his running mate. Short then brought in Pompeo to advise Pence on debate preparations that September. The Koch network had found its way into the Trump camp after all.
