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Re: Trump Fundraising Scam, Back In The News
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Aubrey Chernick
Aug 7, 2021, 11:34:51 AM8/7/21
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Lee wrote
>
> Trump's magic mark: Republicans reap
> millions in donations with the "pre-
> checked box"
> AUGUST 6, 2021
>
> Earlier this year, the New York Times
> revealed that Donald Trump's campaign
> had extracted tens of millions of
> dollars in extra contributions from
> his supporters by surreptitiously
> signing them up for recurring donations,
> mostly by using pre-checked boxes in
> online forms. That practice was widely
> criticized and drew the attention of
> federal election officials, but it
> definitely hasn't stopped. Trump's
> fundraising appeals still appear to be
> automatically opting in donors for
> multiple contributions, which may partly
> account for $100 million-plus war chest
> the former president has accumulated
> since losing last year's election. Other
> Republican candidates and elected
> officials have followed along, embracing
> Trump's dubious fundraising practices
> just as they have embraced his politics.
>
> This tactic, the Times reported,
> "ensnared scores of unsuspecting Trump
> loyalists - retirees, military veterans,
> nurses and even experienced political
> operatives. Soon, banks and credit card
> companies were inundated with fraud
> complaints from the president's own
> supporters about donations they had not
> intended to make, sometimes for thousands
> of dollars."
>
> Trump's campaign was forced to refund
> $122.7 million as a result of 200,000
> disputed transactions in 2020.
>
>
> https://www.salon.com/2021/08/06/trump-gop-pre-checked-donation-boxes/
>
He sells pictures of his naked ass out of the trunk of his limo.
>
> Trump's magic mark: Republicans reap
> millions in donations with the "pre-
> checked box"
> AUGUST 6, 2021
>
> Earlier this year, the New York Times
> revealed that Donald Trump's campaign
> had extracted tens of millions of
> dollars in extra contributions from
> his supporters by surreptitiously
> signing them up for recurring donations,
> mostly by using pre-checked boxes in
> online forms. That practice was widely
> criticized and drew the attention of
> federal election officials, but it
> definitely hasn't stopped. Trump's
> fundraising appeals still appear to be
> automatically opting in donors for
> multiple contributions, which may partly
> account for $100 million-plus war chest
> the former president has accumulated
> since losing last year's election. Other
> Republican candidates and elected
> officials have followed along, embracing
> Trump's dubious fundraising practices
> just as they have embraced his politics.
>
> This tactic, the Times reported,
> "ensnared scores of unsuspecting Trump
> loyalists - retirees, military veterans,
> nurses and even experienced political
> operatives. Soon, banks and credit card
> companies were inundated with fraud
> complaints from the president's own
> supporters about donations they had not
> intended to make, sometimes for thousands
> of dollars."
>
> Trump's campaign was forced to refund
> $122.7 million as a result of 200,000
> disputed transactions in 2020.
>
>
> https://www.salon.com/2021/08/06/trump-gop-pre-checked-donation-boxes/
>
He sells pictures of his naked ass out of the trunk of his limo.
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