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Some Trump Donors Get Fleeced By 3rd-Party Payment System

Posted by timothy on from the not-that-kind-of-3d-party dept.

According to an article in Maine's WMTW Channel 8, some Donald Trump supporters claim they've ended up giving more than they intended to this campaign, because a since-resolved "glitch" (according to campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks) meant they were charged multiple times. From the article: "Heather Nason of Saco told WMTW News 8 that her husband was one of the affected customers. ... Nason said a series of unauthorized charges appeared on her husband's bank statement days later. She said someone tried to make 13 withdrawals from her husband's account. After the first six charges went through, the account was almost empty."

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  1. Donors??? by chris200x9 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Didn't Trump say he could finance his whole campaign himself?

    1. Re:Donors??? by unixisc · · Score: 4, Informative

      Didn't Trump say he could finance his whole campaign himself?

      He did. He does allow people to donate to his campaign, but it requires them to provide a written declaration of 2 things:

      1. 1. The person must make the contribution from their own funds, and not any organization that they are a part of (to avoid a situation where Trump is expected to do a quid pro quo)
      2. 2. That person couldn't have been an illegal alien at any point in his life

      In short, people who wish to contribute to his campaign can do it, as long as they follow the above requirements. But it doesn't mean that Trump wouldn't finance his entire campaign