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Saturday, June 15th, 2024

Trump quietly funneled $5M from campaign coffers into private businesses: analysis

Author:     Kathleen Culliton
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     June 12, 2024 | 11:24AM ET
 Link: Trump quietly funneled $5M from campaign coffers into private businesses: analysis
Stephan:  

As the Republican Congress members yesterday knelt to kiss criminal Trump’s ass, I wonder if his diaper was on or not. It is amazing that they are so frightened about losing their own office and power that they are willing to tolerate anything this convicted felon does. Congress and the Supreme Court have joined forces to remake the United States into christofascist White supremacy male dominant minority rule. And you can see that a large percentage of Americans have no idea what this will mean. As I have said again and again, it all comes down to the vote in November and I am not sure American voters are up to the task of protecting their democracy.

President Donald Trump at his plane Credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr

Former President Donald Trump has funneled nearly $5 million from his presidential campaign coffers into his private businesses, according to a new financial analysis.

Trump — convicted last month of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments ahead of the 2016 presidential election — has yet to donate a cent to his own campaign but his businesses have charged it $4.6 million, Forbes reported Wednesday.

The former president, worth an estimated $6.4 billion, has been collecting donations from MAGA supporters across the U.S. with increasingly threatening rhetoric that, on Wednesday, raised the specter of mass beheadings.

“Haul out the guillotine,” Trump declared in his campaign cash-grab. “It’s not just me they want gone, THEY’RE REALLY COMING AFTER YOU!”

Forbes analysis of Federal Election Commission records found $4.2 million funneled to Trump’s aviation company Tag Air.

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1 Comment

  1. Terri Quint on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 6:35 am

    So what else is new? This guy has usually gotten away with everything related to money and earnings, so why is this any different? Shouldn’t he have to pay taxes on this if it’s not being used for his actual “campaign.” Finally, Americans get a “guilty” verdict on ONE of his illegal monetary actions, but nothing on this one? What is IRS going to do about it?