Some Trump supporters are reportedly outraged that Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle was apparently paid $60,000. for a speech that lasted only three minutes during a rally leading up to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021
On Tuesday, Jan. 6, committee member Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, told CNN that “people were deceived former the president. They were deceived into believing that the elections stolen and what they should go to the Capitol as requested by the president.”
“They were deceived out – I think that the average donation from those false email inquiries, something like 17 dollars. These were people who were not rich people,” she is added. “They were deceived by the president. This was big lies and it was also a big tear-off”.
“We know what Gilfoyle got paid for the introduction she gave in the speech on January 6. She received compensation for it,” Ms Lofgren said. “I’m not saying it’s criminal, but I think it’s a scam.
Ms Lofgren said that Ms Guilfoyle received “$60,000”. for two and half minutes” in funds raised from donations from Trump supporters who believed money would be used to challenge President Joe Biden’s election victory in Courts.
“You had money going to [Trump Chief of Staff] Mark Meadows foundation and to another foundation who hired Trump supporters who lost their jobs,” Ms Lofgren said. “So it wasn’t something he told his sponsors, it was to protect the election. It was a completely different goal. I think it was deceptive and wrong.”
“People in Trumpworld is sharing this clip. They are outraged that this amount of money she received for speech to introduce your boyfriend”, The newspaper “New York Times This was reported by CNN correspondent Maggie Haberman. on Tuesday.
Haberman said that one former A Trump adviser said “these were people who raised money in small sums from retirees, telling them it’s going to some legal fight it didn’t really happen and instead Kimberly Gilfoyle was getting the money.”
Haberman said that how Trump’s “ecosystem” is working.
“There is some level of it often happens on around Trump, and this shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone,” she said.
Donald Trump’s Save America PAK Raised Nine Figures last yearPhilip Bump of Washington Post noted. “He raised dozens of millions of dollars after there was any occasion to be made for legal fight against elections results”.
” last law fight ended at the end of 2020 but it’s still hitting dozens of millions of dollars from people, he added. “Therefore, it seems that a lot of this is money … expresses support for Donald Trump, this is something, I looked, yesterday he sent out 1700 letters, right. This is what goes on for a long period of time. It’s completely out of touch with elections results myself.”
