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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 02:52 PM Apr 2016

Trump Vets Chair: Charity Money? Not My Problem

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/22/trump-vets-chair-charity-money-not-my-problem.html

Trump campaign’s adviser for veterans issues can’t account for $6 million raised for veterans charities by the billionaire—and from the sounds of it, couldn’t care less.

“I could ask, but it’s not high on my priority list,” Al Baldasaro, a New Hampshire state representative, told The Daily Beast.

Back in January Trump skipped an Iowa presidential debate due to a tiff with Fox News, instead holding a fundraiser for veterans charities. According to the campaign, this event raised some $6 million, to be distributed to 22 listed veterans charities.

Baldasaro played a major role for the Trump campaign in New Hampshire and has been outspoken in the press and on the campaign trail ever since. In fact, he helped deliver money to one veterans charity, accepting an oversized novelty check from Trump on stage at a campaign event before the New Hampshire primary. Soon after, he delivered a real $100,000 check to local veterans charity Liberty House. But he says he doesn’t know where the rest of the money went, and in essence, that it isn’t his problem.



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Trump Vets Chair: Charity Money? Not My Problem (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2016 OP
Trump University, part 2.. denbot Apr 2016 #1
Will this get any attention from the popular media? gratuitous Apr 2016 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author lostnfound Apr 2016 #3

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. Will this get any attention from the popular media?
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 03:21 PM
Apr 2016

Or are we still fixated on how Trump's all presidential and stuff now? Usually when someone scams on veterans, the popular media are all over it. Let's see if this episode dents Trump's image at all.

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