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Brian Kolfage, the guy who raised millions to build a wall, pleads guilty to fraud charges

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I don’t know about you, but I clearly remember former President Trump claiming that he was going to build a wall and Mexico was going to pay for it. Right? Well, I’m not sure what happened, but in 2018, Brian Kolfage took it upon himself to raise money for the wall via a “We Build the Wall” Go Fund Me page. And he did raise money—more than $ 25 million, in fact. The problem was that not much wall got built, and now Kolfage is pleading guilty to fraud charges…

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Flying Trump to midterm rallies to stump for Republicans cost US taxpayers millions – Quartz

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Quartz Flying Trump to midterm rallies to stump for Republicans cost US taxpayers millionsQuartzUS president Donald Trump flew to more than 40 political rallies in the months leading up to the 2018 mid-term elections, to coax his loyal fans to come out to the polls for Republican candidates. A Quartz analysis of Trump's travel schedule and the …and more » us republicans – Google News

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Report Says Saudi-hired Lobbyists Give Millions to Influence US Congress – Voice of America

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Voice of America Report Says Saudi-hired Lobbyists Give Millions to Influence US CongressVoice of AmericaU.S. lobbyists on Saudi Arabia's payroll gave more than $ 2.3 million to U.S. political campaigns in late 2016 and 2017 as they mounted a massive influence operation to blunt anti-Saudi congressional action and promote other Saudi interests in the …and more » us congress – Google News

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‘Presidential Alert’ Goes to Millions of Cellphones Across the US – New York Times

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New York Times 'Presidential Alert' Goes to Millions of Cellphones Across the USNew York TimesAt 2:18 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, cellphones across the United States emitted the ominous ring of an emergency presidential alert. It was the first nationwide test of a wireless emergency alert system, designed to warn people of a dire threat, like a …When did the Presidential Alert test happen and what did it say?TIME US 'Presidential' Nationwide Emergency Alert System TestedVoice of AmericaDonald Trump will TEXT every US mobile phone TODAY a part of 'presidential alert'…

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Trump Tax Cut Unlocks Millions for a Republican Election Blitz – New York Times

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New York Times Trump Tax Cut Unlocks Millions for a Republican Election BlitzNew York TimesThe fund's executive director, Corry Bliss, who runs both that group and the American Action Network, said that some of his donors did not favor all the provisions of the tax law, but that all of them hailed its passage as the rich fruits of total …and more » us republicans – Google News

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How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions – New York Times

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New York Times How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of MillionsNew York TimesLONDON — As the upstart voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica prepared to wade into the 2014 American midterm elections, it had a problem. The firm had secured a $ 15 million investment from Robert Mercer, the wealthy Republican donor, and wooed …User data leaks at Facebook pull tech further into political debateTechCrunch Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breachThe Guardianall 239 news articles » us politics – Google News

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