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Stacy Blatt was in hospice care last September listening to conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh’s dire warnings about how badly Donald Trump’s campaign needed money when he went online and chipped in everything he could: $500 USD.
It was a big sum for a 63-year-old battling cancer and living in Kansas City on less than $1,000 USD per month. But that single contribution — federal records show it was his first-ever — quickly multiplied.
Another $500 USD was withdrawn the next day, then $500 USD the next week and every week through mid-October, without his knowledge — until Mr Blatt’s bank account had been depleted and frozen. When his utility and rent payments bounced, he called his brother, Russell Blatt, for help.