Joe Biden will release list of campaign bundlers

LOS ANGELES — Former Vice President Joe Biden will make public his presidential campaign’s top fundraisers, a senior campaign official said Thursday. 

The official did not provide a timeline for the disclosure, but said that it would be “forthcoming.”

{mosads}“I can’t commit to a date right this second, but he will be releasing his bundlers,” the official told reporters at a briefing ahead of Thursday’s Democratic presidential primary debate in Los Angeles.

The disclosure comes as other Democratic hopefuls have opened up financial operations amid scrutiny from party activists and fellow candidates.

South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg released a list of his top fundraisers — called bundlers — last week after facing pressure from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). 

That disclosure came amid a larger back-and-forth between Buttigieg and Warren over transparency, resulting in Buttigieg vowing to open up his private fundraisers to the press and Warren releasing a detailed financial summary of her earnings from her past legal consulting work.

Days later, Addisu Demissie, the campaign manager for Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), said the campaign was open to allowing reporters to attend fundraisers.

While candidates like Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have shunned traditional high-dollar fundraisers in their presidential bids, Biden has leaned on a network of wealthy donors and bundlers to power his campaign.