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Donations under $8K to Trump election defense instead go to president, RNC
By Jarrett Renshaw, Joseph Tanfani
(Reuters) - As President Donald Trump seeks to discredit last weeks election with baseless claims of voter fraud, his team has bombarded his supporters with requests for money to help pay for legal challenges to the results: The Left will try to STEAL this election! reads one text. But any small-dollar donations from Trumps grassroots donors wont be going to legal expenses at all, according to a Reuters review of the legal language in the solicitations.
A donor would have to give more than $8,000 before any money goes to the recount account established to finance election challenges, including recounts and lawsuits over alleged improprieties, the fundraising disclosures show.
The emailed solicitations send supporters to an Official Election Defense Fund website that asks them to sign up for recurring donations to protect the results and keep fighting even after Election Day.
The fine print makes clear most of the money will go to other priorities. A large portion of the money goes to Save America, a Trump leadership PAC, or political action committee, set up on Monday, and the Republican National Committee (RNC). Under Federal Election Commission rules, both groups have broad leeway in how they can use the funds.
The rest: https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-election-trump-fundraising-insigh/donations-under-8k-to-trump-election-defense-instead-go-to-president-rnc-idINKBN27R30B
BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Blue Owl
(50,325 posts)hvn_nbr_2
(6,486 posts)Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Hiding the purpose of a charity in the fine print should be illegal. This isnt taking money but huge overheads, but advertising X and delivering Y and hiding that in the fine print.
If its not illegal it should be.
OneBro
(1,159 posts)BainsBane
(53,026 posts)Always has been.