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To: bitt; null and void; aragorn; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; Black Agnes; blueyon; Brown Deer; ...

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The founder of “We Build the Wall” — who was charged Thursday with defrauding donors to the project — was also planning on selling their data, according to a report.

Brian Kolfage, 38, used his organization to compile millions of email addresses and phone numbers in order to start a political consulting business, according to The Daily Beast.

The triple-amputee Air Force veteran shopped around the idea to a Republican strategist earlier this year, claiming his voter contact list was one of the largest in GOP politics, in an email that was seen by the website.

He said he had names, email addresses, phone numbers and other data points about donors to his nonprofit — which claimed to raise funds to build a southern border wall.

Kolfage pitched a deal where he would pocket 50 percent of all the funds Republican campaigns and groups raised by hitting up people on the list for cash, according to the report.

Based on the email, it appears Kolfage wanted to rent the list to vendors that work with political campaigns, rather than to the campaigns directly.

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https://nypost.com/2020/08/20/founder-of-we-build-the-wall-also-planned-to-sell-donor-information/


341 posted on 08/21/2020 2:24:28 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT

Interesting. I distrusted Kolfage shortly after he started his project. Can’t remember exactly why, “something” or other.


358 posted on 08/21/2020 3:04:53 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the Thanks.virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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