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The Trump Organization negotiated on behalf of then-president Donald Trump to make Parler his primary social network, but it had a condition: an ownership stake in return for joining, according to documents and four people familiar with the conversations. The deal was never finalized, but legal experts said the discussions alone, which occurred while Trump was still in office, raise legal concerns with regards to anti-bribery laws.
Talks between members of Trump’s campaign and Parler about Trump’s potential involvement began last summer, and were revisited in November by the Trump Organization after Trump lost the 2020 election to the Democratic nominee and current president, Joe Biden. Documents seen by BuzzFeed News show that Parler offered the Trump Organization a 40% stake in the company. It is unclear as to what extent the former president was involved with the discussions.
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One of Eric Trump s top deputies played an important role overseeing the Trump campaign shell company that spent $617 million during the 2020 presidential race, sources told Insider.
In one instance, the Trump campaign paid an extra 2% fee on all ads aired from a firm tied to its chief strategist, Jason Miller, Trump advisors told Insider.
But much of the spending made through American Made Media Consultants remains a mystery, according to Trump advisors and an Insider analysis of Federal Election Commission records.
Alex Cannon
In a loving tribute to her soul mate, Kim Schramm-Cannon announced the death of Alex Cannon on her Facebook page this week.
It was just over a year since Alex, at age 59, suffered a fall from a roof of a house he was power washing. It left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. There had been difficult days over the course of the year as both struggled with the new reality of his life.
But Monday was a good day before it turned into what Ms. Schramm-Cannon described as “one of the worst days of my life.”
Alex had gone to rehab and was told by a doctor how well he was doing. Three hours later, he died.