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spanone

(135,781 posts)
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 12:23 AM Dec 2016

Trump paid $12.5 million to his own businesses during race

Donald Trump paid nearly $12.5 million to his own businesses and family members during his 18-month campaign for president, a CNN review of federal reports shows.

The biggest beneficiary was Tag Air Inc., a Trump-owned company that operates his airplanes and was paid $8.7 million. The next biggest payment -- $2.2 million -- went to Trump Payroll Corp. and Trump Tower Commercial LLC.

One campaign finance watchdog said no candidate had ever run so much of a campaign's spending through his own businesses.

"I don't think we've ever seen one like this," said Larry Noble, general counsel of the Campaign Legal Center.


http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/16/news/companies/donald-trump-campaign-fec/index.html
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Trump paid $12.5 million to his own businesses during race (Original Post) spanone Dec 2016 OP
A CON MAN is all about the money. pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #1
Groper Don malaise Dec 2016 #2
putting the donations right in his pocket....a grifter spanone Dec 2016 #4
A grifter on heroin malaise Dec 2016 #6
What a greedy piece of shit! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #3
He's not the only candidate to profit enormously from a 2016 campaign BainsBane Dec 2016 #5

BainsBane

(53,012 posts)
5. He's not the only candidate to profit enormously from a 2016 campaign
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 09:15 AM
Dec 2016

and shockingly it's not illegal.

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