House Democrats accuse Trump's Freedom 250 of misleading donors, potential wire fraud
Key takeaways
- A gift solicited in the name of the nation s nonpartisan birthday commission could thus be redirected without the donor s knowledge, by an entity created to serve the President s priorities, it continues.
- Democrats say logos for the two groups were used interchangeably and noted that Freedom 250 organizers aggressively targeted America 250 donors.
- Freedom 250 did not immediately respond to The Hill s request for comment on the matter.
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According to sources interviewed by Committee Democrats, donors who intended to donate to America250 were instead given wire instructions with Freedom 250 s banking information—including its routing number and account number—so that contributions would instead flow to Freedom 250, the House report says.
A gift solicited in the name of the nation s nonpartisan birthday commission could thus be redirected without the donor s knowledge, by an entity created to serve the President s priorities, it continues.
The donors cited in the report were unnamed but lawmakers say individuals who were attempting to provide contributions to the nonpartisan, congressionally-chartered America250 Commission were tricked into funding Freedom 250, an executive branch public-private partnership heavily supported by private donations and organized under the White House s Task Force 250.