I stopped giving to those political sites when I found out it does not go to Trump's campaign.
They can use it anyway they wish. They use his name but money can go to Liz Cheney or Mitt Romney. As long as they're Republican.
Quoting: nutmeg There is no "Trump campaign". Trump has not declared a candidacy for any office, which would place him in a position to report campaign finances, including donations.
These scams go to his own "Save America PAC". Trump owns it, can use the money any way he wishes and he uses his own name, title, and photo in the promotions. So does Junior, which is the case with this scam.
So did you get suckered by them? Is that why you are making fake excuses?
Just days after his defeat last November, Trump launched a new political action committee, dubbed Save America, that together with his campaign and the Republican National Committee quickly raked in tens of millions of dollars through text and email appeals for an “election defense fund”, ostensibly to fight the results with baseless lawsuits alleging fraud.
The fledgling Pac had raised a whopping $31.5m by year’s end, but Save America spent nothing on legal expenses in this same period, according to public records. Run by Trump’s 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, Save America spent only $340,000 on fundraising expenses last year.
“The president deceived his donors. He asked them to give money so he could contest the election results, but then he spent their contributions to pay off unrelated debts,” said Adav Noti, a former associate general counsel at the Federal Election Commission and now chief of staff at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center.
Noti added: “That’s dangerously close to fraud. If a regular charity – or an individual who didn’t happen to be president of the United States – had raised tens of millions of dollars through that sort of deception, they would face a serious risk of prosecution.”
Such concerns have not deterred Trump’s fundraising machine from expanding further with the launch of a super Pac, Make America Great Again Action, which can accept unlimited donations. Both the Super Pac and Save America are run by Trump’s former campaign manager, Lewandowski, who did not return calls seeking comment.
The Super Pac has reportedly hosted at least two events for mega donors at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, and in Dallas, but it’s not known how much has been hauled in so far.
Campaign filings for the first six months of 2021 reveal that Trump’s political groups led by Save America raised $82m, an unprecedented total for a former president. Save America banked most of the funds while spending some to pay for Trump’s travel and other personal expenses, instead of challenging election results in states like Arizona.
“Trump may be more interested in fundraising than actually running, especially given how unprecedented his post-loss fundraising is.”
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