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Campaign Finance: Letitia James (expenditures)
threadreaderapp.com ^ | Feb 27, 2024 | Mel (@Villgecrazylady)

Posted on 02/29/2024 4:27:39 PM PST by bitt

When I got asked to look into Letitia James’ financials last week, I really wasn’t expecting to find much. As you probably know, James is the Attorney General of New York who just secured a $454 million judgement against Donald Trump.

James was elected as the NY AG in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. Prior to that James was the NYC “public advocate” for 4 years and a NYC city council member for 8 years prior to that. Prior to elected office she was a public defender for Legal Aid.

IOW Letitia James is a lifelong public servant and other than a mishap in the 2010s where she neglected to list the Brooklyn brownstone she owns & rents out on her financial disclosure forms, she hasn’t had any public scandals.

With that being said, I’m not quite sure what I was expecting to find but I do know I wasn’t expecting what I found.

The first thing you’ll notice when you download and sort the expenditures of any politician running for reelection in a safe seat is how they use their campaign funds to supplement their lifestyles to a degree middle America could never dream of.

What do I mean? Well, in 2023 alone, James spent over $28,500 on hotels. Over $15,000 of that was spent on luxury hotels in Puerto Rico.

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1 posted on 02/29/2024 4:27:39 PM PST by bitt
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WHERE did she get all this money??? How MUCH is her NET WORTH? Is she married or Lesbian?


2 posted on 02/29/2024 4:29:27 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Then there’s the airfare. In the 5 years she’s been the New York State AG, James’ has spent over $84,000 on airfare to fly herself all over the country.

This includes private jet rentals.


3 posted on 02/29/2024 4:29:39 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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4 posted on 02/29/2024 4:29:53 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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GO MEL!!! She has a TON of info on her site!!


5 posted on 02/29/2024 4:30:12 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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ACT BLUE

“I could go on but yall get the point. Almost every name I grabbed from James’ 2022 donor list had AT LEAST 200+ donations at the fed level for 2022 and tons of them had over 2,000.

It turns out ghost donors are just as big of a problem at the state level as they are at the federal. “


6 posted on 02/29/2024 4:31:11 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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Sounds like she’s related to Fani Willis…two peas in same pod! Or maybe that’s the same scum in same pond!


7 posted on 02/29/2024 4:35:17 PM PST by Brandonmark (November 2024 cannot come soon enough!)
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But she’s privileged!


8 posted on 02/29/2024 4:39:14 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: Liz
Then there’s the airfare. In the 5 years she’s been the New York State AG, James’ has spent over $84,000 on airfare to fly herself all over the country.

This includes private jet rentals. She’s billed her campaign over $20,000/year for meals. And no, these aren’t large catering events.

These are receipts for everything from $18 at Dunkin Donuts to $60 at Dave & Busters to $165 at an oyster bar in Massachusetts and then $700 at a steakhouse in Brooklyn.

Soros trash...

9 posted on 02/29/2024 4:39:55 PM PST by GOPJ (Question: What are the two things Biden finds at ice cream shops? A. Ice cream and young children.)
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To: bitt

Reading through all of this, Benjamin Franklin’s comments about how our form of government will only work with moral people comes to mind.


10 posted on 02/29/2024 4:41:51 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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Letitia has quite a life style for an elected “public servant.... elected pols use campaign funds to finance lifestyles middle America never even dreams of.

<><>In 2023 alone, Letitia James spent over $28,500 on hotels. Over $15,000 of that was spent on luxury hotels in Puerto Rico.
<><>there’s airfare, 5 years as AG, over $84,000 on airfare; includes private jet rentals.
<><>She’s billed her campaign over $20,000/year for meals (no large catering events).
<><>$18 at Dunkin, $60 at Dave & Busters, $165 at a Mass oyster bar, $700 at a Bklyn steakhouse.
<><>there’s thousands spent on Ubers and Lyfts.
<><>Tens of thousands spent on “office” at everywhere from Target to BJ’s wholesale.
<><>Over $7,000 dropped at a nightclub in NYC and billed as “office.”......
<><>the multiple stays at the Beverly Hills Wilshire.


11 posted on 02/29/2024 4:47:25 PM PST by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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To: bitt

Is this legal - to spend campaign $ entertaining yourself?


12 posted on 02/29/2024 4:47:52 PM PST by Aria
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There’s $65,000 in “reimbursements” to “campaign consultants” which could literally be anything.

Speaking of campaign consultants, why would a state Attorney General need to spend over $300,000 in a single year on campaign consultants when they *just* won re-election the previous November?

<><>What could she possibly be consulting on?
<><>why do these million dollar “campaign consultancy firms” all seem to be in random 2 bedroom apartments?

And no, I’m not accusing Ms. James of breaking the law w her expenditures.


13 posted on 02/29/2024 4:50:52 PM PST by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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FTA——But considering the high bar she set for Trump in his civil fraud case, I find it more than a little galling that she plays so fast and loose w what she deems to be “legitimate campaign expenses.”

$4,335 at “Nathan’s Luxlifestyle” on Martha’s Vineyard last August? Mmm hmm. $5,122 dropped at the “48 Lounge” in NYC last September under expense code “office.” Righhhtttt….


So you might be wondering, where does all this money Letitis’s spending come from? Well here’s where things get interesting.

Because it appears our holier than thou Attorney General, Ms. James, has gotten herself wrapped up in the ghost donor scam.

Now I knew the ghost donor bots weren’t just operating at the federal level but I had no clue how big it was at the state level.

Here’s a list of Ms. James’ total donations and their corresponding receipts by year… anything jump out at you?

Obviously 2022 is off the charts. Over 32,500 receipts and over 62% are from out of state. Who the heck donates to an Attorney General, running in a totally safe seat, in a whole other state?!

Answer: Ghost donors. Take for instance this woman named Suzanne, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Ms. Suzanne has to be one of the most faithful Democrat donors on the planet. Not only did she make 3,232 individual donations to ActBlue in just one year (2022) totaling more than $46,193

But she also found the time and money to also make 25 separate donations (for $266) to Letitia James’ campaign and another 9 (for $305) to Kathy Hochul!

And she didn’t stop there! I found Suzanne’s name on the donor rolls in Nevada, Idaho and Virginia!

Or how about this lovely old lady Barbara from Silver Springs, Maryland. Ms. Barbara, a retired 71 year old widow living in a modest townhouse, not only made 1547 donations to ActBlue at the federal level totaling more than $37,000

She also gave Letitia James $610 total in 34 separate transactions and then she sprinkled some money in Nevada, Massachusetts and Wisconsin!

I could go on but you get the point. Almost every name I grabbed from James’ 2022 donor list had AT LEAST 200+ donations at the fed level for 2022 and tons of them had over 2,000.


14 posted on 02/29/2024 4:52:17 PM PST by Liz (This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. )
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My bet is that she’s just a higher level Fani Willis. Maybe she has a bigger “daddy tole me to keep cash” cash box. And probably isn’t paying her sweet daddy BF/GF with consulting contracts but spending the money on herself.

Ima start calling her “Sweet Letitia Fani.”


15 posted on 02/29/2024 4:55:19 PM PST by Gaffer
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Saw where she is now going after cows for causing global warming.


16 posted on 02/29/2024 4:56:01 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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He is listed as belonging to the Democratic Party:

https://ballotpedia.org/Arthur_F._Engoron


17 posted on 02/29/2024 4:56:54 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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Queen Letitia is just another sleazy POC with an attitude feeding at the public trough. It seems like there is a factory somewhere churning out these creatures.
18 posted on 02/29/2024 4:57:40 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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It warms my heart, to see so many facts coming out, from so many different sources.

As vile and disgusting as she is, some one showed her how easy it is, she’s not the first or the only one.

Word seems to be getting out.


19 posted on 02/29/2024 5:05:16 PM PST by redrhino47 (#Tuesday Weld)
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Now you are seeing where all that money kicked back from Ukraine and other places is going. It is being funneled to Democratic operatives thru Blue The Vote and many other Groups disguised as small donors but in fact are just computerized bots.


20 posted on 02/29/2024 5:12:15 PM PST by Newbomb Turk
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