TFG Donald Trump sought a retraction from The Hill for a story about financing his non-campaign campaign for president. The story left the impression that Trump was aking supporters to fund his new plane. His 757 is reportedly in disrepair and since his inauguration has been left sitting outside next to a FedEx depot at an airport outside Newburgh, New York.
In a weekend fundraising email titled “Update: Trump Force One,” Trump said he is “building a BRAND NEW Trump Force One.” His team posted the email days after the borrowed jet flying him from an event to Mar-a-Lago had an engine failure and had to return to the airport in Louisiana:
“The story was incorrect,” Trump told The Hill. “I already have a plane, the same one I used on the 2016 campaign.”
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“It is owned by me and financed by me, with no debt,” Trump added, noting he had to fly on Air Force One when president for security reasons.
Trump insisted he never saw the email before it was sent to his list.
Regardless, Trump stated, the story was “ridiculous. … Can you imagine me using campaign funds for a plane?”
He’s joking, right?
A Democratic super PAC filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Monday alleging that Trump is “violating campaign finance law by spending political funds on a 2024 presidential bid without formally declaring himself a candidate,” reports the New York Times. The filing quotes Trump’s own statements that indicate he knows exactly what he is doing. He is dancing around campaign finance rules because “filing would set off restrictions on how he could raise and spend campaign money, including his existing war chest.”
Paging Michael Cohen.
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