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Jill Kelley Plans a Party Wednesday at the Trump Hotel to Celebrate Trump's Victory.
Does anyone here remember her?
The invite, addressed to “friends like you that were appointed to the White House,” says the reception will go from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Jill Kelley Plans a Party Wednesday at the Trump Hotel to Celebrate Trump’s Victory. Nice work by @washingtonian!
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Jill Kelley Plans a Party Wednesday at the Trump Hotel to Celebrate Donald Trump’s Victory
Remember the socialite who got caught up in the Petraeus scandal? She's supposedly angling for a position of influence in the administration.
WRITTEN BY ELAINA PLOTT | PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Tampa socialite Jill Kelley and Tommy Hicks Jr., a Dallas businessman chummy with Donald Trump, are throwing an “exclusive reception for our victorious friends” at the Trump Hotel Wednesday night, according to an invitation shared with Washingtonian. “Mr. Donald Trump Jr.” will round out the hosting trio.
Kelley, the invitation’s author, writes the event is “in honor of the One Year Anniversary of the Election of President Donald Trump.” ... “Our Vice President, Mike Pence, is also expected to attend,” the invite continues, “as well as many surprise guests, like Steve Bannon and Corey Lewandowski to celebrate this historic occasion.”
Kelley briefly crashed into national consciousness in 2012, after her name leaked during an investigation into David Petraeus’s personal life. Kelley enjoyed only a working relationship with the former general and CIA director, but she complained to the FBI after her husband received what she said were threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, who was writing a biography of Petraeus and also having an affair with him. Kelley sued the US government over the release of her name in the investigation, but dropped the lawsuit in 2016 after her lawyers removed themselves from the case due to “irreconcilable differences” with their client. Later that year, TV producers purchased the rights to her memoir, Collateral Damage: Petraeus, Power, Politics and the Abuse of Privacy.
According to a source close to the White House, Kelley has begun “lobbying hard” for a position of influence in Trump’s orbit. .... The invite, addressed to “friends like you that were appointed to the White House,” says the reception will go from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Remember the socialite who got caught up in the Petraeus scandal? She's supposedly angling for a position of influence in the administration.
WRITTEN BY ELAINA PLOTT | PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Tampa socialite Jill Kelley and Tommy Hicks Jr., a Dallas businessman chummy with Donald Trump, are throwing an “exclusive reception for our victorious friends” at the Trump Hotel Wednesday night, according to an invitation shared with Washingtonian. “Mr. Donald Trump Jr.” will round out the hosting trio.
Kelley, the invitation’s author, writes the event is “in honor of the One Year Anniversary of the Election of President Donald Trump.” ... “Our Vice President, Mike Pence, is also expected to attend,” the invite continues, “as well as many surprise guests, like Steve Bannon and Corey Lewandowski to celebrate this historic occasion.”
Kelley briefly crashed into national consciousness in 2012, after her name leaked during an investigation into David Petraeus’s personal life. Kelley enjoyed only a working relationship with the former general and CIA director, but she complained to the FBI after her husband received what she said were threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, who was writing a biography of Petraeus and also having an affair with him. Kelley sued the US government over the release of her name in the investigation, but dropped the lawsuit in 2016 after her lawyers removed themselves from the case due to “irreconcilable differences” with their client. Later that year, TV producers purchased the rights to her memoir, Collateral Damage: Petraeus, Power, Politics and the Abuse of Privacy.
According to a source close to the White House, Kelley has begun “lobbying hard” for a position of influence in Trump’s orbit. .... The invite, addressed to “friends like you that were appointed to the White House,” says the reception will go from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
There's a shock.
The thread goes on:
The other host (Tommy Hicks Jr.) tried unsuccessfully to to sell access to Trump!!
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Trump's sons behind Texas nonprofit selling access to president-elect
A new Texas nonprofit led by President-elect Donald Trump’s grown sons is offering access to Trump in exchange for million-dollar donations to unnamed “conservation” charities, according to interviews and documents reviewed by the Center for Public Integrity.
BY CARRIE LEVINE, CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY DEC. 19, 2016
Editor's note: Update including response from Donald Trump's transition team appended
A new Texas nonprofit led by Donald Trump’s grown sons is offering access to the freshly-minted president during inauguration weekend — all in exchange for million-dollar donations to unnamed “conservation” charities, according to interviews and documents reviewed by the Center for Public Integrity. ... And the donors’ identities may never be known.
Prospective million-dollar donors to the “Opening Day 2017” event — slated for Jan. 21, the day after inauguration, at Washington, D.C.’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center — receive a “private reception and photo opportunity for 16 guests with President Donald J. Trump,” a “multi-day hunting and/or fishing excursion for 4 guests with Donald Trump, Jr. and/or Eric Trump, and team,” as well as tickets to other events and “autographed guitars by an Opening Day 2017 performer.”
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The paperwork for the Opening Day Foundation listed four directors: Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Dallas investor Gentry Beach and Tom Hicks Jr., the son of a Dallas billionaire.
Beach and Hicks are reportedly close friends with Donald Trump Jr., and both men helped raise millions of dollars for Trump’s campaign.
A new Texas nonprofit led by President-elect Donald Trump’s grown sons is offering access to Trump in exchange for million-dollar donations to unnamed “conservation” charities, according to interviews and documents reviewed by the Center for Public Integrity.
BY CARRIE LEVINE, CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY DEC. 19, 2016
Editor's note: Update including response from Donald Trump's transition team appended
A new Texas nonprofit led by Donald Trump’s grown sons is offering access to the freshly-minted president during inauguration weekend — all in exchange for million-dollar donations to unnamed “conservation” charities, according to interviews and documents reviewed by the Center for Public Integrity. ... And the donors’ identities may never be known.
Prospective million-dollar donors to the “Opening Day 2017” event — slated for Jan. 21, the day after inauguration, at Washington, D.C.’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center — receive a “private reception and photo opportunity for 16 guests with President Donald J. Trump,” a “multi-day hunting and/or fishing excursion for 4 guests with Donald Trump, Jr. and/or Eric Trump, and team,” as well as tickets to other events and “autographed guitars by an Opening Day 2017 performer.”
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The paperwork for the Opening Day Foundation listed four directors: Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Dallas investor Gentry Beach and Tom Hicks Jr., the son of a Dallas billionaire.
Beach and Hicks are reportedly close friends with Donald Trump Jr., and both men helped raise millions of dollars for Trump’s campaign.
The paperwork for the Opening Day Foundation listed four directors: Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Dallas investor Gentry Beach and Tom Hicks Jr., the son of a Dallas billionaire.
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