(cecily) you re bragging. (neighbor) oh, he s bragging. (seth) who, me? never. oh, excuse me. hello, your royal highness, sir. (cecily) okay, that s a brag. (seth) hey, mom. i gotta call you back. (vo) switch and choose the phone you want, like the incredible iphone 14, on us. (cecily) on the network worth bragging about. verizon the trump campaigned yew these false claims to raise hundreds of millions from supporters who told their donations was for the legal fight in the courts. the trump campaign didn t use the money for that. the big lie was also a big rip-off. that was a moment in the january 6th committee exposed the disgraced president for raising $250 million by duping
their own supporters, by convincing them they were fighting election fraud that they knew never existed, and donating to a defense fund that was never used for that. new york times says that doj s special counsel jack smith has recently stepped up his probe into the big rip-off specifically, whether trump and his aides knew they lost the election and therefore violated wire fraud statutes from the fund-raising. more restly, investigators had honed in on the activities of a join fund-raising committee made up of assistant members from the campaign and from the rnc, among others. some subpoena have been sought. prosecutors have been heavily focused on the details of the spending and fund raisings. all three areas overlap and could inform prosecutors on whether to proceed with charges.
just like he turned his last days in office into a cash bonanza while at the same time trying to subvert democracy. it was pretty ambitious. i mean, some people might just try to steal an election and leave it there but not donald trump at the second of january 6th hearing in congress back i june representative zoe lofgre made a point of highlighting trump s fundraising strategy she called it the big rip off. president trump used th lies he told to raise millions of dollars from the american throughout the committee investigation, he foun evidence of the trump campaign and it s surrogates misled donors as to where their funds would go and what they would b used for, so not only was ther the big lie. there is the big rip off well now, according to th washington post, mr. trump s cash calls have caught the attention of special counsel jack smith the post reports that smith ha fired off a slew of subpoena
all of the above reasons, respectfully decline to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the united states constitution. same answer. same answer. same answer. same answer. same answer. and that s not all. there s new reporting abou special counsel jack smith s investigations the washington post says prosecutors on the january 6th inquiry are looking to determine if trump or hi advisers scammed donors by using false claims of vote fraud to raise money that is also something the january 6th committe investigated last year the trump campaign used these false claims of election fraud to raise hundreds of millions of dollars from supporters who were told their donations were for the legal fight in the courts. but the trump campaign did not use the money for that the big lie was also a big rip off. nice to know where that money was spent and the new york times reporting the feds working o