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Peacetrain

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Fri Jan 24, 2025, 04:55 PM Jan 24

Trump WH Press Secretary took hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions [View all]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wh-press-secretary-took-200109900.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

"Karoline Leavitt is serving as the White House Press Secretary to a president who launched a crypto scheme mere days before entering the office. A new report from NOTUS revealed that the 27-year-old is no stranger to the grifty side of politics.

The report shared that Leavitt hid nearly $300,000 in campaign debt from her failed 2022 congressional run. Leavitt took a job as the national press secretary for Trump’s 2024 campaign last year. Days after taking office as a member of the Trump administration, Leavitt’s congressional campaign made changes to 17 financial reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, nearly tripling the reported amount of debt that her failed bid owed"

And so it begins.. 5 days onto the new administration
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