You Will Anyway: Grifter in Chief

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Grifter in Chief

A grand jury investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the aftermath of the 2020 election is looking into former President Donald Trump’s Save America PAC, multiple outlets reported Thursday, the latest legal issue to befall the ex-president after the House January 6 Committee accused the fundraising group of misleading donors after the election.

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The grand jury has issued subpoenas to “several individuals in recent weeks,” ABC News first reported, citing anonymous sources with direct knowledge of the investigation, while the New York Times reports subpoenas were issued to aides who worked both at the White House and on the Trump campaign.

The subpoenas have sought information about the timeline of the PAC’s formation, its “fundraising activities” and how it spends and receives money.

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Trump’s Save America PAC was formed in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election and has raised $103.8 million as of July.

Forbes

Aftermath of the 2020 election. He lost, and then they formed a PAC to grift the gullible.

The House January 6 Committee has accused Trump of asking donors after the election to contribute to an allegedly fake “Official Election Defense Fund” that purported to finance Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, but committee lawmakers allege actually just funneled money into the PAC—which has few restrictions on how money can be spent and can more broadly be used to fund Trump’s own expenses and pro-Trump allies and organizations.

Yeah, that was great. Can't wait for the Committee to hold more hearings.

Thousands of dollars in PAC money has flowed back into Trump’s own businesses, and Save America has garnered headlines for such expenditures as a $1 million donation to a group linked to former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, an alleged $60,000 payment to Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle for her speech at the January 6 rally that preceded the Capitol attack, as well as a $60,000 payment to former First Lady Melania Trump’s stylist and funding for her and Trump’s presidential portraits.

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According to multiple reports, investigators are [...] starting to look more into Trump himself, asking witnesses about conversations they’ve had with the ex-president. Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and deputy Patrick Philbin have testified to the grand jury as part of the probe, along with former Vice President Mike Pence’s Chief of Staff Marc Short and Pence’s counsel Greg Jacob, and Trump administration attorney Eric Herschmann has also been subpoenaed.

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The inquiry into Trump’s Save America PAC and his post-election efforts is one of several legal issues the ex-president is now facing, along with a separate federal investigation into his handling of White House documents that he brought back to his Mar-A-Lago estate and ongoing civil and criminal investigations in New York into the Trump Organization. Trump’s social network Truth Social and the merger between Trump Media & Technology Group and special purpose acquisition company Digital World Acquisition has also come under scrutiny from a federal grand jury.

Bet Trump's glad they gave him back his passport.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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GUILDENSTERN: What a fine persecution---to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened.

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ROSENCRANTZ : The only thing that makes it bearable is the irrational belief that somebody interesting will come on in a minute.

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GUILDENSTERN: But for God's sake what are we supposed to do?!

PLAYER: Relax. Respond. That's what people do. You can't go through life questioning your situation at every turn.

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PLAYER: Life is a gamble, at terrible odds-if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.