Trump CHARITY SCHEME for Hurricane Gets EXPOSED BY MEIDAS

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What red flags did MeidasTouch first identify about Trump’s Hurricane Helene charity claim?

Ben Meiselas 0:00
Just as we led the coverage and raised red flags on the issues regarding the hundred thousand dollar watches Donald Trump is selling. We're also now raising the red flags on Donald Trump's claim that he was bringing in lots of resources to Hurricane Helene victims. What we've uncovered is very, very damaging and very concerning. One thing we've uncovered is that Donald Trump actually was not bringing resources when he claimed he was bringing in truckloads of resources and food and things like that. It was actually another charity that was doing it, which responds to national disasters like this. And Trump tried to take credit for the actual busloads and truckloads of things that this charitable group was bringing in.
Ben Meiselas 0:48
We've digg deeper. And what we then also uncovered is that Donald Trump did indeed set up a GoFundMe recently, but it is registered in the name of somebody who works with his campaign, who suspiciously is also the individual who's registered for this GoFundMe for other Donald Trump charitable drives. Now, Donald Trump and those in his inner circle have very questionable. Questionable histories and very deceptive histories when it comes to charities. For example, Donald Trump's right-hand man, Steve Badden, who's currently in jail, was prosecuted by the Department of Justice for a GoFundMe account for the We Build the Wall scam, raising $20 to $30 million with a group of other individuals who had pled guilty.
Ben Meiselas 1:38
Steve Bannon was ultimately pardoned by Donald Trump. Uh uh in connection with the prosecution. Steve Bannon represented that these funds were going to build the wall that Trump claimed he was going to build, but never did indeed build. And the allegations by the Department of Justice was that it was funneled for a lavish lifestyle for Bannon and the other co-defendants. Steve Bannon's currently being prosecuted for that in a New York state court. That's set to go to uh trial soon in New York State Court. So let's dig deeper, if we will. Oh, let me sh the other charitable issues. Uh the Trump kids diverting charitable money. They were sued by the New York Attorney General's office. They had to To pay like $2 million, saying that this money was going to like cancer charities and all of these things.

How did Trump’s campaign falsely claim truckloads of relief supplies were delivered?

Ben Meiselas 2:21
But the allegations were it was actually going to Donald Trump and to enrich themselves. Also, Lara Trump funneling like $1.8 million from a dog charity to Trump organization financial interest. We'll go through all of this, but let's take a look at our Might as Touch reporting. This is why I say if you can. Subscribe to MidasPlus.com. Subscribe to our YouTube channel as well. And check out MidasPlus.com. Make sure you spell it correctly: M-E-I-D-A-S-P-L-U-S.com. So here we go. The truckloads of hurricane relief did not come from the Trump campaign, is our article. Take a look at the press release issued by the Trump campaign. It says Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States, will visit Valdasta, Georgia to reach.
Ben Meiselas 3:06
Receive a briefing on the devastation of Hurricane Helene, facilitate the distribution of relief supplies, and deliver remarks to the press on Monday, September 30th, 2024. Donald Trump then showed up at Valdasta. We did a whole video on the stunt Donald Trump pulled there. He lied and said that President Biden was not giving uh governors the resources they need in impacted states. The governors then came out with statements saying they They got all of the resources.

Who actually provided the truckloads of aid and how was the credit misattributed?

Ben Meiselas 3:32
Donald Trump also said that he's not sure where or nobody knew where this hurricane was going to come from, or he was shocked that it was actually happening. Sorry about the dogs barking. Let's go back into what the post was from Trump's campaign, the Trump war room. Donald Trump wrote, We came down here with truckloads of different items from oil to water. We're here today to stand with complete solidarity with the people of Georgia and all those suffering in the terrible aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Trump campaign promoted these truckloads. Um, and then uh Franklin Graham delivered a sermon referencing this as well.

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