Great newspaperman . Scaife was heir to the banking , oil and aluminum fortunes of the Mellon family . He funded conservative causes with his estimated $ 1.4 billion fortune . Scaife funded investigations into President Bill Clinton around the time of his impeachment . Comment:
Scaife was heir to the banking , oil and aluminum fortunes of the Mellon family . He funded conservative causes with his estimated $ 1.4 billion fortune . Scaife funded investigations into President Bill Clinton around the time of his impeachment . Comment: