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Trump Suffers MAJOR Humiliation As State Fair Stunt Blows Up In Fraud Nightmare
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8:55Now PlayingDonald Trump's America 250th anniversary plans just keep getting worse with a new report accusing Trump-linked fundraising group, Freedom 250, of diverting donor funds from the Congress-backed bipartisan anniversary fund for states, America 250, and footage of his empty Great American State Fair keeps going viral. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Democrats accuse Trumplinked fundraisers of fraud over diverted donations for America's anniversary
"WASHINGTON — Consultants tied to President Donald Trump may have engaged in financial fraud, tricking donors who wanted to support the nation’s bipartisan 250th anniversary organizer into sending their money instead to a rival group set up by his administration, according to a report released Thursday by House Democrats.
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The report draws in part on interviews by Democratic staffers of the House Committee on Natural Resources. Those interviews suggest that donors seeking to celebrate America fell for a bait-and-switch that, if true, could have violated various criminal statutes.
Donors who were intending to contribute funds to America250, a bipartisan committee created by Congress, were instead given the banking and routing numbers for a different but similarly named group, Freedom 250, the Democratic report says."
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