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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Sat Mar 31, 2018, 04:08 PM Mar 2018

President Donald Trump used taxpayer money to track media reports just one day after Stormy Daniels

Last edited Sat Mar 31, 2018, 05:25 PM - Edit history (1)

sued him....

Donald Trump spent $27,000 of taxpayer money to monitor media reports ... and it was done the day after Stormy Daniels sued the President.

According to Federal Procurement documents obtained by TMZ, the payment was authorized March 7 by the Executive Office of the President. The money -- $27,075 -- went to a company called TVEyes, which tracks stories on TV, radio and in print ... using keywords. The docs say the purpose of the expenditure was "SUPPORT - MANAGEMENT: PUBLIC RELATIONS."

The documents don't say what story was being tracked, but the day before payment was authorized, Stormy sued to get her confidentiality agreement invalidated, which opened to door to embarrassing allegations against Trump and a flurry of news reports.

It's not the first time Trump's Office has used the service, but it's by far the most they've ever spent ... the last being $9,504 in February of 2017, right around the time Trump's then Chief of Staff, Reince Preibus, allegedly tried to interfere with the FBI's Russia probe.

Federal Procurement records also show the $27k Trump's shelled out was by far the largest expenditure the Executive Office has ever made to TVEyes ... since 2011, when TVEyes began getting contracts.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/03/31/donald-trump-spent-dollar27k-to-monitor-stories-written-about-him-report/23399999/

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President Donald Trump used taxpayer money to track media reports just one day after Stormy Daniels (Original Post) HipChick Mar 2018 OP
drumpf sure knows how to blow the dough, specially when it is not his! democratisphere Mar 2018 #1
+10,000 Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #6
Between him and his cabinet... HipChick Mar 2018 #9
Ahh... Penny ante compared to what they're after. dchill Mar 2018 #10
Shouldnt that be a campaign expense? WTF? bettyellen Mar 2018 #2
I would have told him for $27. "Don, you just got rolled!" dameatball Mar 2018 #3
Link? (nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #4
Trump's like a teenage girl who is obsessed with being "popular" with her classmates. procon Mar 2018 #5
Good comparison...and he doesn't have a "clue" Stuart G Mar 2018 #7
But, HILLARY... maddiemom Mar 2018 #8
This one is killing him malaise Mar 2018 #11
Serves him right .. HipChick Mar 2018 #12
You know the answer malaise Mar 2018 #13

procon

(15,805 posts)
5. Trump's like a teenage girl who is obsessed with being "popular" with her classmates.
Sat Mar 31, 2018, 05:10 PM
Mar 2018

He was probably shunned and treated badly at school, and had no childhood friendships. Now he can buy lots friends with tax cuts and wild promises, but he's still the same timid, insecure 71 year old kid.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
12. Serves him right ..
Sat Mar 31, 2018, 08:08 PM
Mar 2018

as many skeletons as he had in his closet...WTF was he thinking running for President?

malaise

(268,713 posts)
13. You know the answer
Sat Mar 31, 2018, 08:10 PM
Mar 2018

He had to show that black man who won two terms and humiliated him in public . If he wasn't so destructive and dangerous, it would be hilarious.

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