Rieder’s Past Political Giving Risks Complicating Fed Chair Shot

Rick Rieder, one of the finalists to lead the Federal Reserve, has donated to some of Donald Trump’s most prominent political rivals and Democratic leaders, a history that could present a fresh test of the president’s penchant for surrounding himself with loyalists.

Rieder, an executive at BlackRock, has a long, bipartisan donation history that includes contributions to Nikki Haley’s 2024 presidential campaign, the 2020 bids of Democrats Pete Buttigieg and Cory Booker, and Jeb Bush’s 2016 run, according to Federal Election Commission data of contributions that match his name and employer.

FEC records show he ...