Donate to the GoFundMe of the guy who leaked Trump’s tax returns instead https://www.gofundme.com/f/charles-littlejohns-legal-defense-fund
He got 5 years in prison so we could all see Trump’s grift.
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Insane that he got the absolute max sentence for the "crime" he committed. It's such a gross signal. Had he taken hundreds of random Joe's tax returns and leaked to the press absolutely nothing would have happened and if he even got caught, like by turning himself in, he would've gotten a mild sentence. But now it was wealthy and powerful folk and thus he gets hammered as hard as the law allows.
Compare that to the paltry wrist slaps the capitol insurrectionists got.
This is a message to our ENEMIES around the World that there's SERIOUS HARSH PUNISHMENTS if they leak a Rich Person's Tax Returns! So they better stick to JUST Violent Insurrection and attempted Assassination of Government Officials INSTEAD!
From GoFundMe terms, prohibited uses;
- the legal defense of alleged financial and violent crimes;
So I reported it. I'm very interested if they're going to let this slide because that kind of makes their terms of service open for legal challenge if they decide to block someone else for a similar thing, i.e. paying of fines for financial fraud.
"alleged ... crimes"
.... Court decided he was guilty. There is no alleged about it lol
They're going to tell you to go fund yourself.
They'll probably make an exception because those crimes are not alleged anymore. If they don't... this, but with Trump supporters.
Please keep us informed!
Technically it's not paying for his defense :)
Oooo I want to report it to!
It's already been canceled. You can't use GFM to pay off civil or criminal fines.
It's still up on the site, I'm not going to link it because that seems like a bad idea. There were donations as of a few minutes ago.
You're right, my wife told me it was a ToS violation & I thought she read it online.
Trump is not a billionaire, never was. No one that rich needs everyone to pay his bills.
He is just a welfare brat scamming people. Everything he owns is mortgaged to the hilt.
MAGA exists to financially support #TraitorTrump.
Alternatively, he might be a billionaire now with the insanely inflated land bubble valuations.
And cheating people out of their money is absolutely on brand for billionaires.
Yeah, I was going to say... people that rich never pay their bills.
If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
- J. Paul Getty
ETA to "It was all a scam, the money was stolen by 3rd parties..."
See: https://www.npr.org/2022/09/07/1121447226/steve-bannon-fraud-charges
If you look up Grant Cardone, Aventura FL - you'll see that he's already got a "business consultancy" where the reviews are all about how shitty and scammy he is.
The one who started the GoFundMe page was his wife.
Don't forget they are also Scientologists™
Well good for them.
Honestly I have nothing but respect for people who manage to fleece Trump supporters with shit like this. Didn't somebody rake and millions of dollars that was supposed to go to the wall?
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The top donation is $5k, but I'm tempted to think that was someone associated with him making a huge donation to make MAGA followers think that people are giving that much. I just can't imagine a middle-class person doing that.
Or money laundering
Seeding the tip jar.
Shrödinger’s billionaire.
Isn't it funny how crowd funding is like socialism but him and his people think it's evil and bad...
So, someone please take this idea and do it. Make one of these campaigns, but be very careful to make it neutral language. E.g., pay legal fees related to the case of state of NY against trump enterprises LLC or etc. And for the reason that it was an unfair that all these funds had to be expended on this outrageous lawsuit.
All sounds legit, right?
Except the sponsor writes a check to state of NY general fund.
I honestly thought about this. "Help trump get the justice he deserves"
But send the money to Ukraine. They are the immediate victims of the pootin/drumft collaboration.
"I'm gonna continue to commit crimes, and America is gonna pay for it!"
- Donald J. Trump
I should do a gofundme to “help Trump supporter get the legal defense spending Trump deserves.” You guys are cool with me buying a castle with the money, right?
Yet another example of how a fool and their money are easily parted.
The gofundme description stars like this:
My name is Elena Cardone and I am a wife of Grant Cardone, mother and an ardent supporter of American values and an advocate for justice, I stand unwaveringly with President Donald Trump in the face of what I see as unprecedented and unfair treatment by certain judicial elements in New York.
“a wife of Grant Cardone”
It's a life achievement! That said, I thought he was gay. I guess they're just sucking up to trump now
Sister wife?
SuperPAC money is unregulated enough to pay court-ordered fines. Drain all the accounts.
Then drain the RNC to pay the 8-figure legal fees.
Just realized how to destroy GoFundMe - have the platform allow negative donations.
You want them to be $100 further from their goal? Fucking sure pass the cash.
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Trump knows his supporters will do this for him.
He's a successful Billionaire Businessman!
America is a shit show.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The wife of an investor has launched a GoFundMe to help fund former President Trump’s mounting legal expenses in the wake of Friday’s verdict in the New York fraud case.
The GoFundMe has a goal of $355 million — the amount that Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay nearly in penalties in a civil fraud case.
With interest, Trump and his business could pay more than $450 million, according to the New York attorney general’s office.
“I stand unwaveringly with President Donald Trump in the face of what I see as unprecedented and unfair treatment by certain judicial elements in New York,” Elena Cardone wrote on the GoFundMe page.
Trump was previously ordered to pay Carroll $5 million last year.
Trump’s attorneys slammed the Friday verdict, calling it a “politically fueled witch hunt,” and said the former president will appeal the ruling.
The original article contains 232 words, the summary contains 141 words. Saved 39%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
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Gotta give it to the hill for not linking to the actual page
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