BUSTED: A fund promising to pay Donald's legal fees spent most of its expenses at Mar-a-Lago. It gets WORSE, and I have the IRS forms to prove it. Read on👇
Per the Daily Beast:
“New tax filings show Trump’s legal defense fund raised about $1.6 million over the last six months” but has reportedly “spent just $28,578.”
The stated purpose of the fund, started by long-time Trump advisor Michael Glassner, is to help Donald with his enormous legal fees. However, it has spent ZERO dollars on legal fees. Instead, the fund’s largest expense was $18,136 for a party at Mar-a-Lago—while the rest of the money is NOT being used for its intended purpose.
Why would a fund created by to supposedly cover legal fees instead put money directly into Donald’s pocket? What does Donald know about it?
I shared these findings with attorney Joe Gallina. He saw immediate red flags:
Gallina said, “Non-profits like the Patriot Legal Defense Fund have a fiduciary duty to their donors to use their resources for their stated purpose. This is a fundamental principle of non-profit law. If a non-profit misuses funds, it is FRAUD.”
The last time a Donald-related fund faced scrutiny, people went to prison.
BUILD THE WALL co-founder Brian Kolfage was sentenced to four years in prison for pocketing money raised to build a wall on the US-Mexico border, after falsely promising donors all funds would go to the project.
Two other co-defendants, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea, were sentenced to three and five years in prison respectively. Steve Bannon was also charged in the scheme received a last-minute pardon from Donald at the end of his term. He’ll face NY state related charges in 2024 — and Donald can’t pardon him on state charges.
This is the level of corruption and potentially criminal activity that Donald constantly surrounds himself with and condones.
It is up to us to make enough noise that these crimes don’t fall below the radar.
So here’s my promise: I am not giving him a free pass, ever. Everyone needs to know about this—and prosecutors shouldn’t ignore it.
What now?
The truth is out. Attorneys have seen the records of the fund’s expenses. Donald and his organizations are already hemorrhaging money in order to cover their legal bills. The possibility that this latest in a long line of Donald’s grifts gets SHUT DOWN puts him in even greater danger of financial devastation. Sad.
It’s long past time for all of the deceit, all of the crimes, and all of the fraud to be exposed. It’s time for Donald and his accomplices and enablers to face justice. And we need to keep chipping away in order to make sure all the injustices are brought to light and all of the perpetrators are held accountable.
When that happens, I’ll throw a party. Are you coming? 🥳
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Another investigation and conviction -- Thanks for your dedication to this Mary. Your voice is strong.
I suspect that once he's convicted of any of his crimes, there will be a national block party with dancing in the street.