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Ric Grenell Uncovers $26 Million in ‘Fake Revenue’ at Kennedy Center — Vows Criminal Charges for Biden Appointees
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | May. 20, 2025 | Ben Kew

Posted on 05/20/2025 6:17:02 PM PDT by bitt

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To: T.B. Yoits

When revenue (real or fake) is high, salaries follow...


21 posted on 05/20/2025 7:08:01 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: Buttons12

You know would be entertaining?

Let Elon and his band of merry hackers bring aboard a crackerjack team of forensic accountants and go through their accounts with a lice comb and see if anything cute falls out.


22 posted on 05/20/2025 7:12:19 PM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all antisemites)
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To: thinden

Excellent thought


23 posted on 05/20/2025 7:18:56 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Democracy to Democrats is stealing other peoples money for their use, no matter how idiotic)
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To: Tai_Chung; ProtectOurFreedom

“What is the motive for fake revenue?”

easy: to prove that the disgusting, degenerate, and perverse performance “art” being staged was so popular that revenues were pouring in sufficient to justify said garbage as well as making the Kennedy Center look like a successful, self-supporting operation ...


24 posted on 05/20/2025 7:36:20 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: bitt

This article makes no attempt to explain what this means.


25 posted on 05/20/2025 7:40:36 PM PDT by Revel
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What is the motive for fake revenue?/i p Maybe they get matching funds or grants based on revenue.
26 posted on 05/20/2025 7:44:51 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: bitt

The Phantom of the Kennedy Center....


27 posted on 05/20/2025 8:51:57 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: bitt

Grinell, asks for accountability to taxpayers, competence, and transparency everywhere he goes.


28 posted on 05/20/2025 9:06:20 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator

“Grinell, asks for accountability to taxpayers, competence, and transparency everywhere he goes”

Except YouCrayne.


29 posted on 05/20/2025 11:17:05 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: bitt

BTTT


30 posted on 05/20/2025 11:56:36 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: bitt

Now things are heating up with the mention of the DOJ and FBI


31 posted on 05/21/2025 2:39:45 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (t)
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That place is a dump.

If you’ve ever been to or seen a national theater of another country? they are palaces and they promote the national culture.

The Kennedy Center had so many structural issues that it should have been condemned. Leaky pipes, inoperable toilets, cracked ceilings, moldy musty smells, inadequate parking. It was in an advanced state of disrepair and the leaders there just used it to get paid.


32 posted on 05/21/2025 2:55:30 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: Tai_Chung

“What is the motive for fake revenue?”

To make the financial statements look better to the public.

I was an auditor with on of the Big Four international CPA firms. One of my first audits, when I was 21 years old auditing a company listed on the stock exchange and found this.

Top management was unaware of it as a subsidiary manager created the fraud to hide his poor management results.


33 posted on 05/21/2025 2:56:31 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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“Maybe they get matching funds or grants based on revenue.”

That’s how the Democrats launder illegal contributions by calling them “Matching Contributions.”


34 posted on 05/21/2025 2:59:55 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Tai_Chung
Might be laundered from another Dem nonprofit or NGO. Like when the mob opens a pizza shop to launder their vice money.
35 posted on 05/21/2025 3:01:27 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Revel

Exactly. What is fake revenue?


36 posted on 05/21/2025 4:29:52 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: subterfuge

Journal entries for sales that never actually occurred are fake revenue


37 posted on 05/21/2025 4:44:43 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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Okay. But what are they selling? Pardon my ignorance. I just assume
someone was skimming money somehow. Thanks.


38 posted on 05/21/2025 5:22:02 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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The first thing that comes to mind is tickets. Tickets mean visitors means funding. They need ticket sales to justify being


39 posted on 05/21/2025 5:38:42 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: subterfuge

They sell tickets, but also food and beverages, in addition to an obscene amount of typical D.C. tourist kitsch.


40 posted on 05/21/2025 5:49:53 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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