The capitol building in Washington, D.C., on morning of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, and the site of an insurrection on Jan. 6. Photo by Joseph M. Giordano
For The Intercept
By Richard Salame Feb. 6
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S post-election litigation was, in legal terms, a flop. In financial terms, however, it was an unparalleled success, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in donations. While a small percentage of that money was spent on doomed legal challenges, much of it went to pay off the campaign’s debts, straight to the Republican Party, or to finance a leadership PAC that Trump can use to fund his future ambitions. More than $2.7 million flowed from the Trump campaign to individuals and firms involved in the January 6 rally in Washington, D.C.
The former president isn’t the only one who cashed in on manufactured voter-fraud panic. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., have both fundraised off the lie.
Read more at: https://theintercept.com/2021/02/06/election-deniers-profit-lawsuits/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
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