Posted on 04/12/2023 6:59:47 PM PDT by bitt
Another day, another leak.
Special Counsel Jack Smith is now investigating Trump’s effort to raise money off of ‘false claims of election fraud,’ according to a leak to the Washington Post.
Federal prosecutors are investigating money raised between November 3, 2020 and January 20, 2021.
The Washington Post reported:
Federal prosecutors probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol have in recent weeks sought a wide range of documents related to fundraising after the 2020 election, looking to determine if Trump or his advisers scammed donors by using false claims about voter fraud to raise money, eight people familiar with the new inquiries said.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s office has sent subpoenas in recent weeks to Trump advisers and former campaign aides, Republican operatives and other consultants involved in the 2020 presidential campaign, the people said. They have also heard testimony from some of these figures in front of a Washington grand jury, some of the people said.
The fundraising prong of the investigation is focused on money raised during the period between Nov. 3, 2020, and the end of Trump’s time in office on Jan. 20, 2o21, and prosecutors are said to be interested in whether anyone associated with the fundraising operation violated wire fraud laws, which make it illegal to make false representations over email to swindle people out of money.
The subpoenas seek more specific types of communications so that prosecutors can compare what Trump allies and advisers were telling each other privately about the voter-fraud claims with what they were saying publicly in appeals that generated more than $200 million in donations from conservatives, according to people with knowledge of the investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Fish inj a barrel.
Trump never fights back
Raising money is a crime? Who knew?
“Or is this just a Trump only law.”
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There is now a “Trump exception” to every law and regulation. How much money did democrat politicians raise promoting the Russia/Trump collusion Clinton criminal-created conspiracy?
I’m sure he’s investigating the dems who raised funds with “Russian Collusion” claims, Impeachment I claims, J6 claims, etc.
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