Exclusive investigation: Donald Trump faces foreign donor fundraising scandal
Source: Telegraph
Donald Trumps presidential campaign is facing a fundraising scandal after a Telegraph investigation exposed how key supporters were prepared to accept illicit donations from foreign backers.
Senior figures involved with the Great America PAC, one of the leading "independent" groups organising television advertisements and grassroots support for the Republican nominee, sought to channel $2 million from a Chinese donor into the campaign to elect the billionaire despite laws prohibiting donations from foreigners.
In return, undercover reporters purporting to represent the fictitious donor were assured that he would obtain influence if Mr Trump made it to the White House.
Last week Eric Beach, the PACs co-chairman, confirmed to the reporters at an event in Las Vegas that their client's support would be "remembered" if Mr Trump became president.
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Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/24/exclusive-investigation-donald-trump-faces-foreign-donor-fundrai/
According to the article, undercover reporters tried the same thing with pro-Clinton groups, but the Clinton supporters didn't respond to the approaches.
George II
(67,782 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,787 posts)They are looking forward to some "influence" for their investment in Trump.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)benld74
(9,904 posts)Laf.La.Dem.
(2,943 posts)mucifer
(23,539 posts)President Barack Obama's old senate seat. Lets see if Donald is above the law. I'm guessing he is.
napi21
(45,806 posts)I've heard this before, that some habitual liars always do that. Think, what else has he accused her of that he's already doing?
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)(1) He doesn't have to invent anything--hard to be imaginative; as the saying goes, write what you know and (2) It makes it seem like he isn't or would never do that. He points the finger and says, "She's doing this! I'm horrified!"
It's an old trick of thieves, right? A store owner races out, "I've been robbed!" And the thief says to the arriving cop, "Officer! I saw that man stealing from that store!" And off the officer goes to arrest some innocent, while the thief makes off with his stolen goods.
And yes, it's also a form of narcissistic displacement. But I do think that a lot of the time it's just him thinking "What can I accuser her of now to get everyone running after her while I remain looking clean and innocent? Oh, I'll use this thing I've done...." if the feds are smart, they should take everything he says Hillary has done that is criminal, and investigate him to see if he's done it.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)Crooked Trump.
lark
(23,097 posts)yelled the red queen (me). Seriously, this is what I've been worried about, him cheating on the election and Dems already saying there is no vote rigging, when we know damn well there is vote rigging, stealing, etc. but it's all from the RW, not from us. This is probably just the tip of the iceberg.
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)maybe you'll hit bedrock.
DemInND
(164 posts)There possibly can't be anybody else worse and more disgusting than Trump.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)Is that the investigation can continue once he loses.
FairWinds
(1,717 posts)the GOP congress to require disclosing the identities of
campaign donors . .
And you're going to have big-time foreign $ in our elections.
It is inevitable, and intended.
riversedge
(70,204 posts)covered this? I have listened to a few speeches today but not much 'news"
Kurt Eichenwald @kurteichenwald 55m55 minutes ago
Jesus. These Trump PAC guys tell undercover reporters if they funnel illegal $ from Chinese, theyd be well represented by Trump White House.
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Kurt Eichenwald @kurteichenwald 1h1 hour ago
Reporters posing as Chinese offer illegal $ to Clinton & Trump PACs. Clinton PAC ignore. Trump tells how 2 hide it.
https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/790677703103885312
Raymond @YarmondShore 1h1 hour ago
@kurteichenwald If this was the other way around it would be the leading story on the NYT, Huffpost, CNN, and MSNBC.
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Sir Ghouldenrod @SirGoldenrod 27m27 minutes ago
@YarmondShore @kurteichenwald and conservatives would still claim the MSM isn't covering it
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wazzucoug99 @wazzucoug99 1h1 hour ago
@kurteichenwald and amazingly no one seems to care.