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Did the Wall GoFundMe Founder Use the Money to Buy a Yacht?In 2019, we found no evidence Brian Kolfage purchased a yacht — or any other personal items — with money raised for building a border wall
Snopes ^ | PUBLISHED 15 MAY 2019 UPDATED 20 AUGUST 2020 | BETHANIA PALMA

Posted on 08/22/2020 1:14:38 PM PDT by conservative98

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To: Jane Long

“or now, in this country, you’re INNOCENT until PROVEN guilty in a court of law.....not by keyboard FR *attorneys*.”

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Do you think the same way about the Clintons?


21 posted on 08/22/2020 2:17:10 PM PDT by xenia ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell)
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To: conservative98

If Snopes says a conservative group isn’t guilty, you can take it to the bank.


22 posted on 08/22/2020 2:18:44 PM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: xenia

The Clintons haven’t even been indicted.

Let’s talk when that happens :)


23 posted on 08/22/2020 2:33:25 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: elpadre

Being a war hero doesn’t make you perfect or incorruptible.


24 posted on 08/22/2020 2:51:03 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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To: Dr. Ursus

25 posted on 08/22/2020 2:55:12 PM PDT by Bratch (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: conservative98

The Wall Fund Bank records will prove or disprove his statement.


26 posted on 08/22/2020 3:00:32 PM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: xenia

Also....the grifter Clintons were ‘dead broke’ when they landed in DC.

They created their Foundation and the foreign $$ have flown in.

They live like millionaires, after NEVER signing the FRONT of a paycheck....always off of the backs of gov’t and/or taxpayers.

Bannon has had previous successful businesses/jobs....and was already worth MILLIONS before he signed on with Kolfage.

I’m not saying Bannon is innocent, but I will suggest that we circle the wagons around our own....like the left always does, at least until he’s proven guilty.

Kolfage, I have NO idea about.

But, to compare Bannon to the Clintons, at this point? Unreal.


27 posted on 08/22/2020 3:23:21 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Okeydoker
Arrogant crooks seldom do until sentencing day.

Why do you have such animus toward this man?

I read another thread and you already have him sentenced.

You are most likely a scumbag lawyer, all lawyers are scumbags, but innocent until proven guilty should mean something to even a dolt like you.

Go back to du you troll.

28 posted on 08/22/2020 3:52:35 PM PDT by USS Alaska
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To: SkyDancer
"SNOPES - well do they or ever have misled anyone?"

Maybe I skimmed the article too fast, but it seemed like Snopes was saying they found no evidence that Kolfage had done anything wrong.
29 posted on 08/22/2020 3:57:28 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: WASCWatch
"If Snopes says a conservative group isn’t guilty, you can take it to the bank."

That was my take on the Snopes analysis, but most of the commentators here seem to have read a different article.
30 posted on 08/22/2020 3:59:18 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: USS Alaska

I actually like Bannon. He is the author of the America First nationalist theme in the Trump Administration.

That has nothing to do with crooks who steal money from hard working folks and siphon it into their bank accounts.

I have represented victims my entire career. I won’t apologize for that. Even to the fake conservatives and obnoxious jerks who don’t want to admit or even consider that one of their heroes is a grifter.


31 posted on 08/22/2020 4:14:37 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: Spirit of Liberty

“Being a war hero doesn’t make you perfect or incorruptible.”

Understand, but it would be great if SDNY screwed up in this particular case.


32 posted on 08/22/2020 4:55:59 PM PDT by elpadre
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To: conservative98

You don’t pay cash for a $675K boat up front unless you’re at the very least a deca-millionaire and probably quite a bit more. And the chances of this gent getting to that point from a $100K insurance settlement a decade earlier aren’t great.

It is often useful to listen to what Trump says, because he often knowsmore than we do regarding specific situations.

And Trump said he didn’t like this project from the start because it was meant to embarrass him re: the wall. Is that true? If so, is it a continuation of this odd story about Kolfage in 2018 that goes back to a number of websites that he is alleged to have driven fake traffic to and presumably in part could have been put up as a dirty trick to make Trump look bad:

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/founder-viral-fundraiser-trump-s-border-wall-has-fake-news-n950636

If he were doing that, that could help to explain his being flush with cash for an expensive boat—and Trump’s doubting his motives.

I really don’t know the story here, but I think it is worth at least considering what our president said on the issue this week.


33 posted on 08/22/2020 5:09:51 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Okeydoker

The show he is part of on newsmax TV is very informative and has been laying to bare all the chicoms doings and I think this could be part of a payback for that.Would it surprise you if the SDNY was tied into the chicoms in some way? I wouldnt be surprised one bit.They are all liars/lawyers afterall.


34 posted on 08/22/2020 5:32:50 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: humblegunner

American, triple-amputee veteran, indicted by corrupt Democrats? I assume they are all innocent, no matter what Trump or anyone on the right says.


35 posted on 08/22/2020 8:00:05 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Jane Long
Bannon has had previous successful businesses/jobs....and was already worth MILLIONS before he signed on with Kolfage.

Bannon made an estimated $31 million off the show "Seinfeld" alone.

36 posted on 08/22/2020 8:44:19 PM PDT by montag813 (Nonsenze)
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To: montag813

Thanks, much for that link. Great story....and, explains how Bannon came into (al/some) of his existing millions.

FTA...

....Long before he became the chief strategist of Donald Trump’s White House and the executive chairman of Breitbart News, Bannon was an investment banker. After a stint at Goldman Sachs, he launched his own firm, Bannon & Co., in 1990.

Fast forward a few years. Bannon was brought in to help Westinghouse Electric negotiate a minority stake acquisition in Castle Rock Entertainment — the producer of the iconic Jerry Seinfeld comedy — a person familiar with the deal told TheWrap.

“As often happened with Turner, when it came time to actually close the deal, Ted was short of cash,” Bannon told Bloomberg in 2015. “Westinghouse just wanted out. We told them, ‘You ought to take this deal. It’s a great deal.’ And they go, ‘If this is such a great deal, why don’t you defer some of your cash fee and keep an ownership stake in a package of TV rights?’”

And that is exactly what he did. Bannon and his team accepted a stake in the royalties of five shows under the Castle Rock banner, one of which was “Seinfeld,” which was in its third season at the time. Bannon’s involvement with Westinghouse was not disclosed to Castle Rock Parters at the time, who dealt directly with Turner in the 1992 sale.

“We calculated what it would get us if it made it to syndication,” Bannon said. “We were wrong by a factor of five.”

Exactly how much Bannon has earned from his stake in the show is not readily available, but consider this: the Financial Times reported in 2013 that “Seinfeld” had earned $3.1 billion in reruns. Even at one percent, that would mean Bannon & Co. would have made over $31 million since the show went off the air.
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37 posted on 08/22/2020 8:58:14 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: conservative98

Oh please. This is for headlines for the campaign. There will be leaks all over the place and Trump’s name will be wedged into every story.


38 posted on 08/22/2020 9:14:11 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: Bratch

#25. What a great group of surfboards. /sarc


39 posted on 08/23/2020 12:35:06 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: elpadre

Definitely! Wouldn’t be a bit surprised if it ended up being a witch-hunt.


40 posted on 08/23/2020 1:53:55 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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