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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump spent $55K in campaign money to buy his own book — which is probably illegal
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/trump-spent-55k-in-campaign-money-to-buy-his-own-book-which-is-probably-illegal/Donald Trump may have broken the law by using campaign donations to buy thousands of copies of his own book at retail cost.
His campaign raised eyebrows this week when a filing with the Federal Election Commission revealed a $55,055 expenditure on May 10 to Barnes & Noble, but The Daily Beast reported that money was used to artificially boost sales for Trumps latest book and line the candidates pockets with donor money.
The expenditure amounts to more than 3,500 copies of the hardcover version of Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again, or more than 5,000 copies of the retitled paperback version, Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America.
A Trump spokesperson told the website the books were purchased as gifts for attendees at the Republican National Convention which the representative said the campaign was required to do.
Sure enough, delegates in attendance at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July were given canvas tote bags, stamped with the Trump slogan, and filled with copies of Crippled America, as well as Kleenex and Make America Great Again! cups, hats, and T-shirts, reported The Daily Beast. Delegates were also given plastic fetus figurines.
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also, the Donald paid his non-existent Melania speech writer for her lifted speech. Can you put non existent employees on the campaign roster and pay them?
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/trump-campaign-didnt-think-much-melanias-speech-either
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To get around that, the campaign had to pay McIver for her work on Melania's speech. In the latest campaign filings, McIver is listed on the payroll of the campaignfor a grand total of $356.01. The payment, which occurred on July 23, five days after the speech, marks the one and only time McIver has been paid by the campaign.
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Trump spent $55K in campaign money to buy his own book — which is probably illegal (Original Post)
deminks
Aug 2016
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trusty elf
(7,350 posts)1. "Delegates were also given plastic fetus figurines.”
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randome
(34,845 posts)2. How many other ghost employees does he have?
To me, the saga of Meredith McIver is the most interesting, and the one that demands a full investigation. To be so nakedly willing to bamboozle the entire country for no gain is something that should be exposed, not swept under the rug.
The fact that her social media presence was invented only when questions began to be raised tells us a lot.
I think many "interesting" things can be unraveled along with the truth about McIver.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesnt always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one youre already in.[/center][/font][hr]