Donald Trumpās campaign GoFundMe for hurricane relief raises a few red flags.
Donald Trumpās campaign has begun raising money for hurricane reliefābut itās not exactly clear how that money will be used.
Two weeks ago, the Trump campaign created a GoFundMe āas an official response for MAGA supporters to offer their financial assistance to their fellow Americans impacted by Hurricane Helene,ā according to the fundraiser website.
A few days after the page went live, it was updated with a list of the charities that would receive the MAGA funds.
Fitting with Trumpās smears against federal relief efforts, three of the four charities listedāSamaritanās Purse, Water Mission, and Mtn2Sea Ministriesāare Christian or Evangelical NGOs. The fourth charity listed is the āClinch Foundation,ā which is likely the Clinch Memorial Hospitalās Foundation in Valdosta, Georgia.
The page did not, however, say how the campaign planned to disburse funds from the Trump campaignās potāmore than $7.7 million as of Monday. The fundraiser has received donations of $500,000 each from Republican megadonors Steve and Andrea Wynn and former Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler.
If the money is never spent for hurricane relief, then this is straight up fraud and possibly money laundering (depending on how the money is finally spent). However, there are likely legal time limits set, so they could distribute some funds at some distant time in the future to avoid prosecution.
Weāve already seen this play out nearly to the end with the āWe build the Wallā graft. One participant is in prison for 4 years already. Steve Bannonās trial for this crime is upcoming later this year. source
The gofundme page claims that theyāve already disbursed some funds so theyāve already covered that base.
Gonna need some details on where they went.
Trump lives in Florida and it probably rained and was windy in Mar a Lago, so he needed relief money to pay the lawn care team. āDisbursedā to the needy.