'You lost Ivanka': Trump the target of bogus political action committees
These are not real political action committees, but they made an official application to the Federal Election Commission:
– Hey Donnie Dumbf— If Immigrants Poisoning Our Blood Why Do You Keep Breeding With Them
– 10 Stacks To The First (person) Who Hits Donald Trump with a Milkshake
– Donnie, you lost Ivanka. Who’s left?
The FEC has a file of more than 1,500 inactive applications that purport to organize a PAC or a fundraising committee for a specific candidate. Most on the list are obviously bogus, many are profane and some are in support of a celebrity — or a cartoon or fictional character — as a fake candidate.
The late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has applications for a presidential campaign committee. So do Snoop Dogg, Dr. Pepper and Spongebob Squarepants.
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The FEC received applications for U.S. Senate campaign committees for Al Capone and Tony Soprano. There was a similar application for a U.S. House campaign committee for Anakin Skywalker.
The Federal Election Commission responds to even the obviously fake applications with a sober letter about fraudulent registrations being illegal.
"It has come to the attention of the Federal Election Commission that you may have failed to include the true, correct, or complete committee information under (federal law) when you filed FEC Form 1," the letter says.
"Knowingly and willfully making any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to a federal government agency, including the Federal Election Commission, is punishable under the provisions of (federal law). The Commission may report apparent violations to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.
"If the information you submitted in FEC Form 1 is, to the best of your knowledge and belief, true, correct, and complete, please file a response to confirm this."
Trump is a frequent target of the fake political committees. There are Donald Tramp and Donald J. Drumpf applications for presidential fundraising committees. The latter is a reference to the surname of Trump’s ancestors before it was changed.
Several of the applications make statements with their names, including one that references one of Trump’s golf clubs. Doral is a … country club with bedbugs applied to become a political action committee.
We Are Going to (assault) You Every Night When You’re in the Joint Donnie is a reference to Trump facing 91 felony charges in two federal and two state court cases.
Donald Trump has been laundering money for the Russians since the 80s lists Rep. Matt Gaetz as treasurer.
Why would someone spend time on fake FEC applications? One aspiring presidential campaign committee addressed the issue.
The committee’s name: I Don’t Know Why I’m Doing This
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