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How Trump campaign fooled supporters to raise money SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 04, 2021, 11:19 AM IST Share Synopsis The tactic ensnared scores of unsuspecting Trump loyalists retirees, military veterans, nurses and even experienced political operatives. Agencies Donald Trump (File Pic) Stacy Blatt was in hospice care last September listening to Rush Limbaugh’s dire warnings about how badly Donald Trump’s campaign needed money when he went online and chipped in everything he could: $500. It was a big sum for a 63-year-old battling cancer and living in Kansas City on less than $1,000 per month. But that single contribution federal records show it was his first ever quickly multiplied. Another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 the next week and every week through mid-October, without his knowledge until Blatt’s bank account had been depleted and frozen. When his utility and rent payments bounced, he called his brother, Russe ....
Demands for refunds spiked. Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared. But the money helped keep former President Donald Trump’s struggling campaign afloat. ....
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