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Thu Aug 22, 2019, 05:35 PM Aug 2019

Trump Campaign Manager Blows Millions on Florida Mansion and Luxury Cars [View all]

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Source: Mediaite

Trump Campaign Manager Blows Millions on Florida Mansion and Luxury Cars
By Morgan Phillips Aug 22nd, 2019, 4:56 pm

Brad Parscale has been promoted from President Donald Trump’s digital media manager to his 2020 campaign manager. Since the promotion, he’s been blowing millions on cars and real estate, even though his stated salary is only $15,000 a month. ... This year alone he’s bought a $2.4 million waterfront mansion in Fort Lauderdale, a $78,300 BMW, and a $146,000 Range Rover, according to the Daily Mail. This was just months after Parscale and his wife had spent $2 million on condos in the Fort Lauderdale area.

In the mid-2000s, Parscale and his family lost their company to bankruptcy. Which is why his recent spending spree raised eyebrows, given his relatively meager salary based off donations. ... According to the Daily Mail, Parscale also earns a percentage of all contributions to the Trump 2020 re-election campaign, and from the Republican National Committee which has paid his company Parscale Digital $7.3 million so far this year.

“I make no secret about the fact that working for the Trump family made me a wealthy man well before I ever became President Trump’s campaign manager,” Parscale told the Daily Mail. “The President is an excellent businessman and being associated with him for years has been extremely beneficial to my family.”
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In what is described as a “highly unusual arrangement,” Washington insiders told the Daily Mail that Parscale’s companies and their subsidiaries get a percentage of most of the contributions to the Trump 2020 campaign, which now top $56.8 million. In total, according to the AP, Parscale is on the payroll of five companies with ties to the campaign. ... Both the RNC and the Trump campaign have utilized Parscale’s companies, mostly Parscale Digital and Parscale Strategy, for millions of dollars worth of service. ... Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign director of communications, responded, “‘Neither Brad Parscale, nor any of his companies, receive a percentage of money spent on advertising buys or a percentage of campaign contributions,” according to the Daily Mail.

“The suggestion that he is siphoning off a percentage of donations is a lie. Brad receives a monthly salary, and amounts paid to other entities are for staff salaries and services provided. There are no percentages involved anywhere. To report that because he – or anyone – is paid any amount by the campaign means he is receiving a ‘percentage’ of donations is deceptive and deliberately inflammatory. The same could be said for anyone receiving a paycheck from the campaign,” Murtaugh said.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/uncategorized/trump-campaign-manager-blows-millions-on-florida-mansion-and-luxury-cars/



Hat tip, Joe.My.God:

REPORT: Trump’s Campaign Manager Makes Millions With “Highly Unusual” Deal With Campaign Donations

https://www.joemygod.com/2019/08/report-trumps-campaign-manager-makes-millions-with-highly-unusual-deal-with-campaign-donations/
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Maybe he is shorting the stock market, in response to IQ45's blunders. NCjack Aug 2019 #1
Steal all you can from trump. Turbineguy Aug 2019 #2
"only $15,000 a month" ? mahannah Aug 2019 #3
only IronLionZion Aug 2019 #20
It's only "only" MurrayDelph Aug 2019 #22
and how Trump associates live vs the rest of us IronLionZion Aug 2019 #23
Mercer and Russian Money Botany Aug 2019 #4
sounds MOBBED UP to me Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #5
This...be it Russians, Mercers, etc. Nevermypresident Aug 2019 #8
Karl Rove is also working with Parscale. Grasswire2 Aug 2019 #6
Everything about this story is good news. Bleacher Creature Aug 2019 #7
Good point. As soon as Trump realizes Parscale is making money he is done. Pepsidog Aug 2019 #14
If you took away their toys they wouldn't be able to sleep bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 #9
Two Words Help Explain Parscale's New Wealth - Cambridge Analytica Indykatie Aug 2019 #10
Certified Idiot. He should be moving the cash offshore. n/t TygrBright Aug 2019 #11
Campaign finance law allows an arrangement where a campaign manager gets a percentage.... RussellCattle Aug 2019 #12
They ALL do this! B Stieg Aug 2019 #13
Wasn't he connected to Cambridge Analytica during the campaign? brush Aug 2019 #15
Big time, via a dotted line: dalton99a Aug 2019 #18
Grifters gotta grift. sandensea Aug 2019 #16
did he pay with rubbles?? Sancho Aug 2019 #17
In Trump's America, the rubles pay YOU sandensea Aug 2019 #24
"Deceptive and deliberately inflammatory" jmowreader Aug 2019 #19
It's strangely satisfying IronLionZion Aug 2019 #21
Locking after review by forum hosts. JudyM Aug 2019 #25
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