The U.S. shared first with Influence found that

[Ostap]

"Analysis from Accountable. The U.S. shared first with Influence found that in May, for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, a number of companies or trade associations gave to lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 election."
Politico

Hello, teachers. What does the boldfaced phrase mean? "Influence" is a Politico's subdivision. Is "shared" a past simple verb? It doesn't make grammatical sense to me. Because "found" is definitely a verb.

 

[dunchee]

Analysis from Accountable. The U.S. shared first with Influence found that in May, for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021, riot ....

It looks like Mr. Fuchs was in a hurry and didn't check his work.

It's "ACCOUNTABLE.US", the website, which was auto-corrected to "Accountable. The U.S."
It's also a link to a PDF file, which was shared first with Influence.

 

[Ostap]

It looks like Mr. Fuchs was in a hurry and didn't check his work.

It's "ACCOUNTABLE.US", the website, which was auto-corrected to "Accountable. The U.S."
It's also a link to a PDF file, which was shared first with Influence.

That makes sense now!

By the way, it's her (although I don't know if she has "preferred pronouns").

 

[emsr2d2]

"Analysis from Accountable. The U.S. Accountable.US, shared first with Influence, found that in May, for the first time since the Jan. 6, 2021 no comma here riot at the Capitol, a number of companies or trade associations gave to lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 election."

The addition of a couple of commas (above) and the removal of one would have helped. However, there's a problem with the entire underlined party. If you get rid of the extraneous information from the first half, you're left with:

Analysis found that a number of companies or trade associations gave to lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 election.

Either "gave" is a typo or there's something missing after it.

 

[Tarheel]

Analysis found that a number of companies or trade associations gave to lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 election.

Either "gave" is a typo or there's something missing after it.

What's left out is money. They gave money to their political campaigns.
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[Ostap]

Either "gave" is a typo or there's something missing after it.

What's left out is money. They gave money to their political campaigns.
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According to dictionaries, in the context of donations, charities, etc, "to give" can be used without an object.

 

[Tarheel]

@Ostap That's what I said. (I economize on words by using fewer of them.)