Trump Campaign Received $141M in Donations in May Despite Guilty Verdict
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) raised $141 million in May, even after a Manhattan jury convicted the former president. The Trump team statement The $141 million raised came from “more than 2 million donations, averaging $70.27 each,” the report said, and about 25% of donors in May “were not […]
Ex-FTX executive gets over seven years for making illegal political donations | Cryptocurrencies
A federal judge sentenced former FTX executive Ryan Salameh to more than seven years in prison on Tuesday, making him the first of the collapsed crypto tycoon Sam Bankman Freed’s inner circle to receive prison time for his role in the crypto exchange’s 2022 collapse. Salameh, 30, who served as an executive at exchange FTX […]
America’s first Bitcoin president: Trump starts taking crypto donations
This article was originally published on Bitcoin Magazine. President Trump said: Website Last week, Trump announced that his campaign to retake the White House would begin accepting donations in Bitcoin. The campaign’s announcement is sure to intensify the conflict between Trump and current President Joseph Biden, who, along with fellow Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of […]
Trump Campaign Starts Accepting Cryptocurrency Donations
Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign will become the first in history for either major political party to begin accepting cryptocurrency donations. Trump’s team announced the new fundraising methods in an emailed press release on Tuesday. Here’s what donors can do: To contribute Donate “any cryptocurrency accepted through the Coinbase Commerce product” to the campaign’s […]
Complaint against Trump Judge Juan Merchan over Biden donations dismissed
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush-money trial has rejected ethics claims regarding donations to President Biden and other Democrats, a New York state court spokesperson confirmed Friday. Judge Juan Melchan was acquitted last July by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which said the complaint could become an issue if the judge […]
Trump calls on Biden and Democrats to return donations from anti-Israel protest financiers
WILDWOOD, New Jersey — Former President Donald Trump called on President Joe Biden to return all the donations he has allegedly received from those who have financed the anti-Israel campus protests that have rapidly spread around the country since April. At his largest rally to date, addressing a beach crowd of over 100,000 people Saturday […]
Former Utica Mayor Admits To Spending Nearly All Of Nonprofit’s Scholarship Donations On Himself
A former mayor of Utica in upstate New York admitted Friday to spending nearly all of the scholarship donations raised in memory of his late wife on himself, federal prosecutors said. Louis LaPolla, 78, pled guilty in a federal court in Syracuse to “mail fraud for soliciting and then stealing donations intended for a scholarship […]
Alsobrooks hammers Trone for donations to ‘anti-choice’ Republicans
The Maryland Democratic primary is closing in, and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks isn’t pulling any punches on rival Rep. David Trone (D-MD). In an interview with WTOP, Alsobrooks continued her recurring attack on Trone that he and his business have donated to “radical Republicans” who support “anti-choice” policies. Alsobrooks cited Gov. Greg Abbott […]
Fraternity brothers protected the American flag when protesters tried tearing it down — now donations are pouring in
Thousands of generous Americans donate to the Fraternal Brotherhood of North Carolina to protect the Star-Spangled Banner. On Tuesday, anti-Israel demonstrators at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill removed a prominent American flag from the university’s quad and replaced it with a Palestinian flag. Interim Prime Minister Lee Roberts then personally restored the […]
Anti-Israel UCLA protesters request donations after violent clash
Anti-Israel demonstrators who had been hanging out on the grounds of the University of California, Los Angeles, released a bizarre list of requested donations Wednesday. It also contained some “urgent” items that the insurgents appeared to be preparing for battle. Skater helmets, shields, fence lumber, and elbow and knee pads are among the coveted tools […]