Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Campaign Systematically Overcharging Poorest Donors

Observer ^ | 09/15/16 2:35pm | Liz Crokin

[COBOL2Java]

Hillary for America processed a total of $94 in unauthorized charges to Carol Mahre’s US Bank account. This follows a pattern in which unwitting donors are charged multiple times, but always for a total of less than $100, which is a key trigger point for banks’ internal action systems. Photo: Courtesy Carol Mahre

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Hillary Clinton’s campaign is stealing from her poorest supporters by purposefully and repeatedly overcharging them after they make what’s supposed to be a one-time small donation through her official campaign website, multiple sources tell the Observer.

The overcharges are occurring so often that the fraud department at one of the nation’s biggest banks receives up to 100 phone calls a day from Clinton’s small donors asking for refunds for unauthorized charges to their bankcards made by Clinton’s campaign. One elderly Clinton donor, who has been a victim of this fraud scheme, has filed a complaint with her state’s attorney general and a representative from the office told her that they had forwarded her case to the Federal Election Commission.

“We get up to a hundred calls a day from Hillary’s low-income supporters complaining about multiple unauthorized charges,” a source, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of job security, from the Wells Fargo fraud department told the Observer. The source claims that the Clinton campaign has been pulling this stunt since Spring of this year. The Hillary for America campaign will overcharge small donors by repeatedly charging small amounts such as $20 to the bankcards of donors who made a one-time donation. However, the Clinton campaign strategically doesn’t overcharge these donors $100 or more because the bank would then be obligated to investigate the fraud.

[Intolerant in NJ]

I thought Hillary would have learned her lesson back when she tried to “overcharge” the Russians.....

[stephenjohnbanker]

If I were Trump, I would NOT let this one go by....

“Stealing from the POOR !

[LucyT]

Illary rotten klintoon double charged people for small amounts, - just under the banks radar....

Skimmed from low income folks that gave small amounts to her campaign;- it didn’t come to light till someone complained .

Illary is trash...

[COBOL2Java]

I thought Hillary would have learned her lesson back when she tried to “overcharge” the Russians.....

LOL!

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Illary is trash...”

Roseanne Barr once called herself “white trash with money”

Hey Hillary....”ain’t it good to know, you got a friend”

[MeganC]

Fools and their money are soon parted.

[skr]

It’s happened to some Trump donors, too; it was mentioned by a couple of Freepers a month or two ago. With the Trump campaign, it seemed far more likely that there was some sort of bug that needed fixing. With the Clintons, It’s next to impossible to believe it isn’t deliberate.