Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina lawyer facing a slew of legal charges, gave money to Joe Biden's presidential campaign in 2020, part of a profusion of political donations made to Republican and Democratic candidates throughout the years.
Murdaugh donated $2,800 to Biden on April 21, 2020, according to campaign finance records, a few months before Biden secured the Democratic nomination and after South Carolina's primary win put him on the path to victory.
The White House did not respond to DailyMail.com's inquiry as to whether the campaign would return the money.
Murdaugh, the disgraced legal icon of an historic South Carolina family that dominated low county politics for decades, was a prolific donor to candidates on both sides of the political aisle.
He's been a longtime financial supporter of the state's Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, personally donating at least $17,000 to him over his career, including his time as state attorney general and governor.
McMaster's office did not respond to a request for comment.
Murdaugh also donated to former Democratic Rep. Joe Cunningham's congressional camapign. Cunningham retired from Congress last year to run for governor.
A Cunningham spokespserson pointed out the congressional campaign that Murdaugh donated to no longer exists, arguing it was impossible to return a donation that was long gone.
'There's no plan to give money from a gubernatorial campaign for a contribution we never received,' Tyler Jones, a consultant to Cunningham's campaign, told DailyMail.com. 'The congressional campaign is shut down.'
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's office made a similar argument about donations Murdaugh made to Graham during his 2018 and 2006 campaigns - pointing out that many candidates close their committees after an election and, with the committee no longer in existance, it cannot refund any contribution.
Joe Biden, campaigning in South Carolina in May 2019, received a $2,900 donation from Alex Murdaugh in April 2020
Alex Murdaugh donated to both Democrats and Republicans in South Carolina, including Senator Lindsey Graham
Alex Murdaugh's been a longtime financial supporter of the state's Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, personally donating at least $17,000 to him over his career, including his time as state attorney general and governor
The exact reach of Murdaugh's political web of donations is hard to pin down. He made donations under his middle name of Alex, which is what he commonly goes by, but also under his legal first name of Richard. He often gave the legal limit to the candidate he supported.
Additionally, donations were made in the name of his wife Maggie - having both members of a couple donate to a candidate is one way to get around campaign finance limits.
Murdaugh's younger brother Marvin was also an active political donor, as was Murdaugh's father, Randolph Murdaugh III, when he was alive. The family law firm also donated to political campaigns.
The Murdaugh family was long entwined in public service and politics. For nearly 90 years and three generations, the post of chief prosecutor for five counties around Hampton was held by a Murdaugh, resulting in the five-county district being called 'Murdaugh Country'.
The Murdaugh family law firm is one of the top litigation firms in the state.
A search of donations in federal databases and in South Carolina archives shows a slew of donations to federal, state and local candidates from the Murdaughs - ranging from President Biden to members of Congress to South Carolina state officials, city council campaigns and mayoral races.
Murdaugh also gave to both the Republican and Democratic state party in South Carolina.
He even donated to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2015.
The Murdaugh case has consumed South Carolina attention and become national headlines as more and more questions are raised about the deaths of Murdaugh's wife and younger son; about the death of a family friend and the family house keeper; and Murdaugh's attempt to pay for his own murder.
Murdaugh was denied bond on Tuesday as he awaits trial on charges he stole $3.4 million in insurance money meant for the sons of his housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield.
She died in a mysterious 'slip and fall' accident at his home in 2018.
Murdaugh was arrested Thursday on two felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses after being released from a drug rehabilitation center in Orlando, Florida.
Murdaugh has since admitted he stole millions from the housekeeper's sons and his law firm, blaming a decades-long opioid addiction for his 'stupid, illegal' behavior.
Alex Murdaugh, 53, was arrested on Thursday for stealing $4 million from a settlement awarded to the sons of his housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, right, who died in a mysterious fall at his home in 2018
Alex Murdaugh makes his way towards the defense desk at the beginning of his bond hearing in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, SC, on Tuesday
The housekeeper, Satterfield, had been the employed by the Murdaughs for about 25 years when she died of a stroke and heart attack, three months after a mystery 'trip and fall' inside the family home in 2018. No autopsy was performed, and a coroner said her death was improperly described as 'natural' on her death certificate.
Her sons sued the Murdaughs for wrongful death afterward and were awarded $4.3 million.
But Alex Murdaugh is accused of drafting in a lawyer and banker pal to get his hands on that money instead.
He did so by asking Satterfield's sons to let Cory Fleming - Murdaugh's old college roommate - act as their attorney, with Fleming then pursuing the payouts that got Murdaugh the $3.9 million.
It's just the tip of the tragedy in the Murdaugh family.
Murdaugh's wife Maggie and youngest son Paul were found shot dead at the family home in Hampton, South Carolina, in June.
Alex Murdaugh says he found the bodies. He denied, however, any involvement in their murders. No arrests have been made int he case.
The medical examiner said the pair had been dead for an hour at most when he discovered them.
Murdaugh's father was a prominent attorney in the area. He died, apparently of natural causes, just days after Maggie and Paul were found dead.
Alex Murdaugh has also been accused of stealing millions from his law firm PMPED, which was founded by his great-grandfather a century ago.
Each charge of obtaining property by false pretenses carries a sentence of up to 10 years.
Murdaugh resigned from the firm in September, just two days before asking Edward Smith, his cousin turned client, to kill him.
He was already out on
