Grifting
Somehow an e-mail address that I haven’t used in years made its way to the Trump world. So I’ve been getting grifting messages, even during this morning’s January 6 hearing.
“Official”
The Trump-created so-called “Official Election Defense Fund” — which did not in fact exist — channeled donor contributions to the Save America PAC, which in turn channeled funds to a charitable organization run by Mark Meadows, to the company that managed the January 6 rally, and to — wait for it — Trump hotels.
$519,328,369
From The Washington Post: “President Donald Trump’s onslaught of falsehoods about the November election misled millions of Americans, undermined faith in the electoral system, sparked a deadly riot — and has now left taxpayers with a large, and growing, bill.”