Obamas' Netflix deal inked with help from BUNDLER buddy Obamas' Netflix deal inked with help from bundler buddy Published May 30, 2018 Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos --> Wife was appointed by Obama as ambassador to the Bahamas, serving from 2009 to 2011. Excerpts: What Sarandos didn’t mention: He and his wife have long been donors and friends to the Obamas, having raised more than a half-million dollars as bundlers for the president’s campaign in 2012. His wife, Nicole Avant, also was appointed by Obama as ambassador to the Bahamas, serving from 2009 to 2011. The Obama deal also comes just two months after Netflix announced that Susan Rice, Obama’s former national security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations, would be joining the company’s board of directors. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obamas-netflix-deal-inked-with-help-from-bundler-buddy An Explanation of Bundling in Campaign Finance : How Politicians Rake in Big Bucks from Just a Few Important People Updated July 17, 2018 Bundling campaign contributions is a common practice in American congressional and presidential elections. The term bundling refers to a form of fundraising in which one person or small groups of people — they might be lobbyists, business owners, special interest groups or activists seeking legislative action — convince their wealthy friends, coworkers and other like-minded donors to simultaneously write checks to their preferred candidate for public office. It is not uncommon for bundlers to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in a presidential-election year and receive special treatment in return for their work. When Is Bundling Illegal? Bundlers seeking political favors often promise big money to candidates. And sometimes they fail to deliver. So in some cases, bundlers have been known to give large sums of money to employees, family members and friends with the implicit goal of having those employees, family members and friends turn around and contribute to a candidate for Congress or the presidency. That's illegal. https://www.thoughtco.com/bundling-political-contributions-legal-and-illegal-3367621