Saturday, April 3, 2021

Trump 2020 Campaign Issued Refunds to Donors


Trump's 2020 Reelection Campaign reportedly issued a Total of roughly $122 Million in Refunds to Supporters.

The Refunds were given, in part, because of a Fine-Print Disclaimer in Communications that Officials used to continue Charging One-Time Donors or Doubling their Contribution Amounts.

Starting in September 2020, with only Two months before the Presidential Election, the Trump Campaign allegedly set up Weekly Recurring Donations as the Default for Online Donors.

Donors reportedly had to Manually Uncheck a Box to Opt-Out, and the Notice of Recurring Donations was allegedly included only in a Fine-Print Statement.

As Election Day neared, the Trump Campaign added a Second Prechecked Box that Doubled a Person's Contribution, along with New lines of Text in Bold and Capital Letters that Distracted from Language informing Donors on how to Opt-Out of the Automatic Doubling Donation Plan.

Soon after the Campaign implemented these Practices, several Trump Supporters, including Retirees and Military Veterans, sent Fraud Complaints to Banks and Credit Card Companies after reporting Unauthorized Withdrawals from their Accounts.

Among these People was Stacy Blatt, a 63-year-old Patient in Hospice Care who Donated $500 to the Trump Campaign during September 2020. In less than a month, however, the the Trump Campaign had Withdrawn a Total of $3,000 from Blatt. Blatt died from cancer in February 2021.

Trump continued to raise Money after Election Day through what he claimed was an effort to Fight widespread Voter Fraud in several States. However, Federal and State Election Officials have stated that there is No Evidence to suggest that Widespread VoterFfraud occurred.

The Trump Campaign allegedly used Tens of Millions of dollars from Trump's "Stop the Steal" Doners to help Cover the Refunds owed to Decieved Donors.

In the Final Two and a Half months of 2020, the Trump Campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) issued more than 530,000 Refunds worth roughly $64.3 Million to Online Donors.

The Trump Team in Total Refunded 10.7% of the Money raised in 2020 on the Republican Party's Fundraising Platform called WinRed.

In contrast, the Biden campaign Refunded just 2.2% of its Total 2020 Donations, according to Federal Records.

Trump spokesman, Jason Miller, pushed back on Claims of Fraud, saying just 0.87% of the WinRed Transactions were included in Formal Credit Card Disputes.

"The fact we had a dispute rate of less than 1 percent of total donations despite raising more grass-roots money than any campaign in history is remarkable," Miller said. "Our campaign was built by the hardworking men and women of America, and cherishing their investments was paramount to anything else we did," he added.

Then the 2020 Campaign's site had to Return 9.83% of Donations.










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