Obama Swings Into LA for Fundraising Trio With ‘Star Wars’ Director J.J. Abrams, Jamie Foxx

President visits “Star Wars” director’s home on whirlwind money-raising visit to California Saturday

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President Barack Obama swooped into Los Angeles Saturday for a whirlwind day of fundraising for Democratic Party causes.

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti was on hand to greet the president as Air Force One touched ground at LAX at around 1 p.m. PT. From there, POTUS made his way to three back-to-back fundraisers in Los Angeles over about seven hours.

First, the president headed to a roundtable discussion at the Pacific Palisades home of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” director J.J. Abrams and his wife, Katie McGrath. Tickets cost $33,4000 per person and benefited Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

From there, Obama attended a $1,000-per-person concert by Jamie Foxx at the home of Ed and Robin Berman, also in Pacific Palisades.

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