This is the online version of the Popular Information newsletter. You can get independent accountability journalism in your inbox every week. Sign up here: A heavily-promoted contest to win breakfast with President Trump in New York City on September 26 was a fraud. The purported winner of the contest, Joanna Kamis, did not have breakfast with Trump. Instead, she was invited to a breakfast at a New York City restaurant that Trump did not attend. Kamis was later permitted to take a photo with Trump.
His audience is large in FB. Some one should ask Zuckerberg if he could be considered an accessory to fraud. Bet that would get his boxers in a bunch. He has admitted he doesn't police lies. Does he police fraud in ads?
We should actually be exhilarated by this confirmation that the man who seized presidential power in 2016, contrary to the majority’s choice, is a selfish, self-regarding, incompetent, unethical, flim-flam clown. I’ll shamelessly rework Voltaire’s reference to Locke, “He is a tarnish to his nation, subtracting from its eloquence with his every word; an embarrassing rot to his countrymen, soiling the noble land that nourished him.”
Next to the fiasco in Turkey, this may seem like small potatoes. But that Trump and his cronies would go to such lengths to obscure the magnitude of their fraud is a visible and salient example of their modus operandi. What crooks.
UPDATE: Trump campaign contest to win a meal with Trump was a fraud
His audience is large in FB. Some one should ask Zuckerberg if he could be considered an accessory to fraud. Bet that would get his boxers in a bunch. He has admitted he doesn't police lies. Does he police fraud in ads?
We should actually be exhilarated by this confirmation that the man who seized presidential power in 2016, contrary to the majority’s choice, is a selfish, self-regarding, incompetent, unethical, flim-flam clown. I’ll shamelessly rework Voltaire’s reference to Locke, “He is a tarnish to his nation, subtracting from its eloquence with his every word; an embarrassing rot to his countrymen, soiling the noble land that nourished him.”
Next to the fiasco in Turkey, this may seem like small potatoes. But that Trump and his cronies would go to such lengths to obscure the magnitude of their fraud is a visible and salient example of their modus operandi. What crooks.
Wait a minute? The Liar-in-Chief lies about these contests as well?! SHOCKING!!!!
Fantastic investigative reporting, Judd. I wonder if the campaign has broken any laws vis a vis contests in any of the states? It seems to depend on the fine print, but could be an interesting avenue... https://www.thompsoncoburn.com/insights/blogs/sweepstakes-law/post/2013-06-11/do-sweepstakes-and-contests-sponsors-have-to-award-all-prizes-
Do any of these state laws require the participants to press charges or are the states legally obligated to pursue charges in light of the evidence?