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Trump's campaign 'may have crossed a legal line' with bogus contest offers: NYT
TFG is holding contests to generate donations and then forgetting to name a winner. This is both illegal and unethical.
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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-campaign-contests-legal-line/
Donald Trump's campaign frequently sends supporters contest offers that often involve opportunities to personally meet or have dinner with the former president.
However, the New York Times took a close-up look at the Trump campaign's contests and could not find any documented "winners" in the vast majority of the offers.
"In several emails to subscribers since late August, the campaign has included two photos it said were of contest winners: a man named William McGuffin and his son, as well as another pair whose names the campaign did not provide," the paper writes. "A Times review of local news and social media sources did not find winners for any of the other 39 contests... In addition to asking the campaign about contest winners, The Times reviewed local news and social media posts for evidence of winners beyond Mr. McGuffin and did not find any additional winners.".....
“Sweepstakes rules should be crystal clear about whether a sponsor will award all prizes or whether a sponsor will choose alternate winners if the original potential winners are disqualified,” Kyle-Beth Hilfer, an advertising and marketing law attorney in New York, told the Times. “Any ambiguity could lead to a legal challenge from an entrant or even a regulator.”
However, the New York Times took a close-up look at the Trump campaign's contests and could not find any documented "winners" in the vast majority of the offers.
"In several emails to subscribers since late August, the campaign has included two photos it said were of contest winners: a man named William McGuffin and his son, as well as another pair whose names the campaign did not provide," the paper writes. "A Times review of local news and social media sources did not find winners for any of the other 39 contests... In addition to asking the campaign about contest winners, The Times reviewed local news and social media posts for evidence of winners beyond Mr. McGuffin and did not find any additional winners.".....
“Sweepstakes rules should be crystal clear about whether a sponsor will award all prizes or whether a sponsor will choose alternate winners if the original potential winners are disqualified,” Kyle-Beth Hilfer, an advertising and marketing law attorney in New York, told the Times. “Any ambiguity could lead to a legal challenge from an entrant or even a regulator.”
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This is who the G.O.P. has become. Grifters, liars, sleazebags, and felons.
And they like to pretend they are "holy" 
an Assface
Hope he actually has crossed the line
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/10/us/politics/trump-campaign-donations-merch.html?ogrp=dpl&unlocked_article_code=1.Rk4.tod7.Gj6iFuDCkfzt&smid=url-share
This level of grift is astonishing.
and and 
This level of grift is astonishing.
To encourage those donations, Mr. Trump’s email strategy alternates between scaremongering and statements of devotion to the reader that are sometimes startlingly personal, including frequent declarations of love.
At times, it has even appeared to include reverse psychology. Mr. Trump’s emails depend so heavily on a perception of intimacy that he sometimes asks his supporters not to spread the word — a highly unusual move for a political candidate.
“Please do NOT share this email,” Mr. Trump warned in an offer to accept an “EXTREMELY RARE” invitation for “PRIORITY ACCESS TO BECOME A 2023 ULTRA MAGA MEMBER” before it supposedly expired at midnight.
The campaign sent the same offer at least nine more times over the following two weeks.
At times, it has even appeared to include reverse psychology. Mr. Trump’s emails depend so heavily on a perception of intimacy that he sometimes asks his supporters not to spread the word — a highly unusual move for a political candidate.
“Please do NOT share this email,” Mr. Trump warned in an offer to accept an “EXTREMELY RARE” invitation for “PRIORITY ACCESS TO BECOME A 2023 ULTRA MAGA MEMBER” before it supposedly expired at midnight.
The campaign sent the same offer at least nine more times over the following two weeks.
and and
They must have people on the payroll who think of ways to rip people off instead of dealing with policy issues.
And then the plan was launched and they forgot to change it to something less obvious. The Trump camp is completely incompetent even in their criminality.
