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Trump's political operation paid more than $4.3 million to Jan. 6 organizers but questions remain ..
Trumps political operation paid more than $4.3 million to Jan. 6 organizers but questions remain about the full extent of its involvementBy Anna Massoglia
August 30, 2021
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/08/trumps-political-operation-paid-more-than-4-3-million-to-jan-6-organizers-questions-remain-about-full-involvement/
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The House select committee did request records related to Women for Trump initiative co-chair Gina Loudon, who spoke at the rally. The committee also requested records related to Amy Kremer, who notably co-founded Women for America First, the 501(c)(4) nonprofit dark money group that submitted the rallys permit records to the National Park Service.
The select committee also requested letters related to Dustin Stockton, a co-organizer of the rally. Stockton was also a spokesperson for WeBuildtheWall when former White House strategist Steve Bannon and three others affiliated with the dark money group were charged with fraud related to the online fundraising effort. Stockton was not charged and records related to Bannon were requested by the House select committee.
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Trumps 2020 campaign and joint fundraising committee, the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, spent more than $771 million through American Made Media Consultants LLC during the 2020 election cycle. OpenSecrets data shows Trumps joint fundraising committee routed another $685,000 through the secretive limited-liability company in 2021 with around $222,000 of that going to text messaging on Jan. 6.
The Federal Election Commission generally does not require campaigns to detail payments vendors make to subcontractors as long as the subcontractor does not work under the direction or control of the campaign and the campaign does not have undue influence over the vendor.
But the role campaign aides and members of Trumps inner circle played in creating the limited-liability company as a clearinghouse to pay vendors, concealing details of millions..
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Trump's political operation paid more than $4.3 million to Jan. 6 organizers but questions remain .. (Original Post)
Budi
Aug 2021
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Corgigal
(9,291 posts)1. Hey, my D.A. pitched in
for buses to get the un-rough riders in. Corrupt.
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House Select Jan 6th Committee asks 35 major communications companies (including major cell service providers, Twitter, Parler, etc) to preserve records for "individuals potentially involved with discussions" in planning Jan 6
Sweeping request
Committee also requests that you do not disable, suspend, lock, cancel, or interrupt service to these
subscribers or accounts solely due to this request. If you are not able or willing to respond to this request
w/out alerting the subscribers... please contact .. Committee"
ShazamIam
(2,559 posts)3. It also reveals the names behind the online drives, radio scripting, etc. Is promoting the
stoping of the Constitutional election process a legitimate campaign cost and or, public service message?
viva la
(3,227 posts)4. What were they paying for?
$200K that day for text messaging?
I can't keep all this straight-- so many threads.
ffr
(22,649 posts)5. From start to finish, like the T---- crime organization, all grifts, all illegal slush funds for mob
LOCK THESE SONS OF BITCHES UP ALREADY! How can these criminals, & killers be on the streets, when you and I would be six feet under by now.
No healing until justice!