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Mister Ed

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9. They can find ways to grift campaign funds.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 23, 2021, 08:39 AM

Feb 2021

They can be creative. The campaign can pay huge salaries to Trump family members, or pay top prices for accommodations when holding events at Trump properties, or grant bloated contracts to Trump-owned businesses hiding behind shell companies, or...

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Trump has to run to use campaign funds to pay his debts with, [View all] duforsure Feb 2021 OP

Didn't he just make $1.6 billion while in office? BlueTsunami2018 Feb 2021 #1

More money woes for Trump: Auggie Feb 2021 #2

I think you're overestimating his lost cash flow from the non-sale Hoosier Feb 2021 #5

I'm not overestimating anything. All numbers come from the link. Auggie Feb 2021 #16

of course Snoopy 7 Feb 2021 #3

Couldn't agree more. duforsure Feb 2021 #4

Sorry, you're wrong... brooklynite Feb 2021 #6

Except he does it over and over soothsayer Feb 2021 #8

No, he doesn't brooklynite Feb 2021 #12

They can find ways to grift campaign funds. Mister Ed Feb 2021 #9

His "election defense fund" was pure grift central scrutinizer Feb 2021 #13

That was not a campaign fund... brooklynite Feb 2021 #14

The house of cards will collapse day by day.... Jon King Feb 2021 #7

Wasn't there multiple cities that he owed millions to LittleGirl Feb 2021 #10

It'd be a shame if he drained the entire Republican party dry. tanyev Feb 2021 #11

Trump won't go broke Johnny2X2X Feb 2021 #15