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Thu Nov 12, 2020, 08:06 PM Nov 2020

MAGAt Notice: Donations under $8K to Trump 'election defense' instead go to president, RNC

As President Donald Trump seeks to discredit last week’s 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 Trump’s grassroots donors won’t 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.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-fundraising-insigh/donations-under-8k-to-trump-election-defense-instead-go-to-president-rnc-idUSKB

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MAGAt Notice: Donations under $8K to Trump 'election defense' instead go to president, RNC (Original Post) 634-5789 Nov 2020 OP
If you don't see the con, you're the mark. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2020 #1
Henry Gondorff Cheezoholic Nov 2020 #2
I Noticed that the Recurring Donations Will Stop on December 14, 2020 Indykatie Nov 2020 #3
Grifter to the end Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 #4

Indykatie

(3,695 posts)
3. I Noticed that the Recurring Donations Will Stop on December 14, 2020
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 09:29 PM
Nov 2020

What's the importance of that date? Is that the date that States certify their election results? That would make sense but I didn't Trump would have any end date for this latest grifting scam.

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