Jeffrey Peterson isn't just a "dude who was a former democrat."
https:// frankreport.com/2018/07/19/famed-american-internet-businessman-jeffrey-peterson-in-hiding-says-arizona-mafia-carlos-salinas-and-nxivm-mexico-out-to-kill-him/
To complete our little biographical picture of Peterson, he has been a huge donor to Democrats. His political affiliations have often been related to Hispanic interests. Peterson was a close associate of Hispanic marketing executive Lionel Sosa.
His big donations – and his business activities – directly or indirectly – helped him get important appointments. In 2003, Peterson was appointed to the Arizona-Mexico Commission by former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. In 2005, he was appointed to the Executive Committee. In 2005, Peterson was appointed to the cross-border transactions committee of the Arizona Department of Real Estate, which focused on international real estate transactions between residents of Arizona and Mexico. In the same year, he was appointed as chairman of the Technology Subcommittee of the 2006 Executive Bond Committee, by Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.
Peterson was also active in Democrat agendas and financially supported the March 25, 2006, and April 10, 2006 marches organized by immigrants and was a co-host at a June 1, 2006 fundraiser for Arizona Senatorial candidate Jim Pederson, featuring former president, Bill Clinton. Peterson held a fundraiser at his home for Barack Obama featuring Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and actress Scarlett Johansson in 2008. Peterson was named as co-host at a October 2016 fundraising event for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton featuring Chelsea Clinton at a private residence in Phoenix. In other words, he was – for a time – a darling, a stalwart of the Democratic Party.
His connections run deep. In 2013, Peterson was appointed to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Philippines Society, a Washington, D.C.-based private sector initiative chaired by U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte and former AIG Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg. According to Maricopa County’s property records, Peterson owned a residence in the same condominium complex as Arizona Senator John McCain. In 2007, a scholarship fund was established at the University of Texas San Antonio in Peterson’s name – for Hispanic students pursuing technology related degrees. He has reportedly partnered or invested with former MySpace CEO Richard Rosenblatt and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, Mexican pop singer Pepe Aguilar, and was – at one time – and for many years – was known as one of Carlos Slim’s closest friends.