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Feds say veteran Brian Kolfage secretly took donor money meant for building border wall
STARS AND STRIPES ^ | Published: August 20, 2020 | CAITLIN M. KENNEY

Posted on 08/20/2020 4:06:08 PM PDT by conservative98

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1 posted on 08/20/2020 4:06:08 PM PDT by conservative98
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Bannon: What did I tell you? Don't buy anything! We have a million bulls at the DOJ watching us building a wall.
Kolfage: I'm sorry, Steve. The car was only under my mother's name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glSN4qvjt2E

2 posted on 08/20/2020 4:08:14 PM PDT by conservative98
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i thought the Clinton foundation paid for Chelsea’s wedding.

Is Kolage’s “build the wall” entity a tax exempt charity?

I don’t see the problem if they report money they spent for themselves as income.


3 posted on 08/20/2020 4:08:58 PM PDT by Aria
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Hope they enjoyed my $500. Just sent $100. more last week. Guess I could stop payment...


4 posted on 08/20/2020 4:09:11 PM PDT by donozark (We grow too soon old and too late smart.)
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A big boat used in the Trump Boat Parade is the same as the car ;-)


5 posted on 08/20/2020 4:09:43 PM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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I disagreed with doing this very small (tiny) section of wall, in a tricky area, by a private group which raised money by ads. It was only done to make me look bad, and perhsps it now doesn’t even work. Should have been built like rest of Wall, 500 plus miles. https://t.co/L8RUPCAhqc— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2020

UPDATE: Experts to inspect a controversial privately built border wall following a federal court hearing this am. Govt attorney identified 4 areas of problematic erosion along the base of the fence and the banks of the Rio Grande. Fisher attorney promises fixes, but vague on plan https://t.co/76DTKG9hK4— Jeremy Schwartz (@JinATX) July 8, 2020


6 posted on 08/20/2020 4:11:17 PM PDT by conservative98
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One buys a Cadillac and the other one buys a 20,000 dollar fur coat.

the fat ####. He should wear a sign.

:)


7 posted on 08/20/2020 4:11:37 PM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COVID GODFATHER I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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Hillary brings in hundreds of millions from foreign governments to spend however she pleases.

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8 posted on 08/20/2020 4:12:03 PM PDT by shelterguy
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What a dummy. I donated to build the wall. It has actually built some sections of wall. Kolfage is a veteran with the loss of three limbs in the Iraq war. We would have supported him in a paid paid position if he had asked us. Now he may go to jail. Sad


9 posted on 08/20/2020 4:12:07 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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You cant claim one thing to get money and then do another.

If they had said that in the beginning it would be another story.

For example, he was going to take X percentage as salary.

That is not what he said in order to con people to donate money - ALLEGEDLY


10 posted on 08/20/2020 4:12:19 PM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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Supposedly the lawsuit has nothing to do with Trump being president. It’s just another witchhunt. Infuriating.


11 posted on 08/20/2020 4:13:29 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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What part of telling everyone it ALL is going to build the wall and then spending hundreds of thousands on yourself do you not understand?

It’s called fraud. And it’s a crime.

The guy lost both legs and an arm in the war and that’s just too horrifying to imagine.

But that doesn’t give you a license to commit crimes.

And yes all the Clintons should be in prison for life.

But he’s got the power of an ex president.

This guy..not so much and he should have known as much.

I feel for him and I feel for the people that were swindled


12 posted on 08/20/2020 4:14:46 PM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COVID GODFATHER I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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George Floyd’s gofundme is an example

Brother disclosed he will use money as he sees fit. He didnt say it will only be used for X.

that said, I maintain he will not be able to use the money as he sees fit under Minnesota probate law. He made it clear the money was going to the Estate of George Floyd.

This means the heirs of George Floyd benefit..not just any member of the family


13 posted on 08/20/2020 4:16:44 PM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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It’s inexcusable. He deserves what he gets.


14 posted on 08/20/2020 4:17:29 PM PDT by Conserv
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I think this is how they got Stockman

He took a salary for the charity he ran.

Worked on steve. Might work on bannon


15 posted on 08/20/2020 4:18:27 PM PDT by South Dakota (This is what I do. I drink and I know things)
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What did Hillary do with the money donated to the Clinton Foundation?

Inquiring minds want to know...

To bad those minds weren’t DoJ personnel.


16 posted on 08/20/2020 4:19:38 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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I dont know about that issue but the powerful have used charities and foundations for a long time to skirt Estate tax.

They pay themselves a salary, etc.


17 posted on 08/20/2020 4:20:42 PM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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Gofundme charges fees. All of the money was never going to the wall. This is the fundraising equivalent of jaywalking. The real crime here is supporting POTUS. Are you guilty of that crime?


18 posted on 08/20/2020 4:20:56 PM PDT by lodi90
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I did not think that Kolfage build the wall was in places that Trump was working on. Kolfage started it when Trump was not able to get anything going because of all the blocking By environmentalist, Democrats, landowners etc. I never knew that Trump was opposed to it.


19 posted on 08/20/2020 4:22:06 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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That’s what I don’t get. The gofundme raised more than he imagined. Once he set up a new entity all he had to do is day this is much more involved than I ever expected to do and I will take a salary.


20 posted on 08/20/2020 4:24:04 PM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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