Trump-backed organizer of America's 250th birthday events may have duped donors, report from House Democrats alleges

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Donors who intended to support a bipartisan nonprofit that's organizing celebrations for America's 250th anniversary were allegedly redirected — without their knowledge — to a separate nonprofit behind events being promoted by President Donald Trump, according to a report from a group of House Democrats, citing confidential, unnamed sources.

The interim report, compiled by Democratic staff on the House Natural Resources Committee, includes accounts from unnamed sources about donors who wanted to give to the America250 nonprofit, which is overseen by a bipartisan congressional commission, being given incorrect wire instructions so that their money would flow to the Trump-backed Freedom 250.

"A gift solicited in the name of the nation's nonpartisan birthday commission could thus be redirected without the donor's knowledge, by an entity created to serve the President's priorities," the report said.

If true, the actions could constitute "potential wire fraud and charitable solicitation fraud," according to the report, which doesn't detail how much money was diverted, if at all.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-backed-organizer-america-250th-141704824.html

Trump and fraud go together like stink and shit.

[Starbeach]

1. Thank You Congressman Huffman

Congressman Jared Huffman released this report from the Natural Resources committee as he is the ranking member. Great job Democrats!!

https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-member-huffman-releases-report-on-how-trump-hijacked-americas-250th-birthday-to-enrich-himself-sell-access-and-harvest-americans-data

[PufPuf23]

7. Jared Huffman is a good Democratic Congressman,

Fortunate that north coast California has Huffman as rep. I am happy he is my rep.

[Martin68]

2. Where's there's Trump there's fraud.

[durablend]

3. "may have duped donors"

Well there's a shocker

[rubbersole]

4. Ouch.

Both Stink and Shit are offended by being compared to tsf's actions.

[Botany]

5. Trump reminds me of what Abraham Lincoln said about his Sec. of the Navy,

“He would steal the wood stove if it wasn’t so hot and heavy.”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221344235


He should be impeached and removed for this scam alone or his taking a million
dollar bribe to stop the opening of a brand new bridge from Windsor, Ontario to Detroit,
Michigan from the owner of the old bridge who makes millions off of the tolls on Traffic.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143686458

[GiqueCee]

6. As I am often reminded...

... Trumpleforeskin could never have pulled ANY of this off without the active collusion of Der entire Republican Party, right down to the simple-minded skidmark who wanted to "get to the bottom of" why Obama wasn't in the Oval Office on 9/11. That's how dirt stupid these people are. And they're allowed to breed indiscriminately!
We're all DOOMED!
For the terminally obtuse:

[AllaN01Bear]

8. ding. this .

[canetoad]

9. Around five or six weeks ago

I couldn't get my head around what, exactly, was the official 250th celebration, but it was very easy to look it up - "Difference between Freedom 250 and America 250".

This set me straight that Freedom 250 was yet another trump/MAGA grift. I figured that any confused American citizens would do the same, so they wouldn't be supporting trump's scam.