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© Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Jan 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the gov't is coming after their haul
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON©2023 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Superlib
I often give my money to terrorists, too
Bob Fosse
“he advises clients to avoid raising money under the auspices of being a political prisoner if they intend to plead guilty.”
This shows how fake these ‘patriots’ are. What kind of idiot would send them money?
lincolnman
MAGA-world is just one huge grift machine...for the "ones born every minute"....
Ah_so
It shows that the MAGA movement is ultimately a fascist cult in which traitors are rewarded by cult followers for their treachery.
Desert Tortoise
The recipients need to declare the money and pay taxes appropriate to the amount and the tax bracket it puts them in. If they took a public defender because they could not afford their own counsel, they need to pay the government the fully burdened cost of their defense attorney until the donated money is depleted.
Laguna
If Trump really is as rich as he says, he could easily cover the bulk of these legal expenses.
One almost feels sorry for the defendants: they were so easily duped.
TokyoLiving
This and many worse things we will see with Trump back in the White House..