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Former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party managed to raise more than $175m during November and December, pushing donors to give up their cash to help stop the steal, the baseless conspiracy theory that Mr Trump lost the election because of widespread voter fraud. But only $10m was spent on legal costs trying to challenge election procedures and results.
Campaign finance reports filed on Sunday shows that the largest bill of Mr Trump s campaign during the month of December was for buying ads; the company that bought Mr Trump s TV ads was paid just under $5m. Another $4.4m was spent on online ads, according to
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Two crossed lines that form an X . It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Former President Donald Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner are key players in a secretive shell company that s the subject of a new federal complaint. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
An election watchdog group has filed an updated complaint with the FEC against the Trump campaign.
The complaint cites Insider s reporting on American Made Media Consultants, a secretive shell company the Trump campaign operated
The complaint asserts that Trump s team and family members may have violated federal law.
Our country is unraveling by the minute,â says a recent letter writer to The Daily Advance. He asks why the Michigan state police provided protection for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer when armed Trump supporters surrounded the governorâs mansion shouting threats of violence, and why St. Louis property owners Mark and Patricia McCloskey were arrested for brandishing weapons aimed against peaceful marchers.
The answer should be clear: the Trump supporters were threatening violence and the demonstrators in St. Louis were not armed; they were walking down a public street, and they were threatening no one. Thatâs a significant difference.
And that difference is the problem we now have with Trump cultists. They simply do not see or wish to recognize the fences they are crossing. Peaceful demonstrators are not the same as armed mobs. Pointing a gun at another person is a form of assault. Equating the two demonstrates clearly why we have so much division in our country right now. An
Another Russiagate Like Trump Scandal Which Isn t One
Published: December 21, 2020
Some of the Russiagate fanatics dream of indicting U.S. President Donald Trump as soon as he leaves his office. But they never explain what crime he should be indicted for. What did he actually do wrong?
Yes, he killed foreigners. But no U.S. president will ever be indicted for that. It is seen as a part of the job. Trump may have old tax issues. But those are usually solved by negotiating about the amount of money in question. As soon as the negotiated amount is paid such cases get closed.
American Made Media Consultants, for extra risibility. Bess Levin is always a good read:
Donald Trump and his family have spent the last four years making the airtight case that they view the presidency as simply a means to enrich themselves and their associates. They probably don’t particularly like that reputation and, yet, it hasn’t stopped them from funneling taxpayer money to their private business, gouging the Secret Service, and raising legal defense funds that the fine print says could go directly to their pockets. Oh, and, according to a new report, setting up a shell company that spent hundreds of millions of campaign dollars to pay Trump family members along with other expenditures it seemingly wanted to keep under wraps.