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2023-04-10 -Lurid Crime Tales-
$4.7 Million in Small Amounts of Money Donated to Democrats – Apparently Without the Donors' Knowledge
[Townhall] Investigative journalist James O’Keefe and Election Watch have stumbled upon a bizarre occurrence in Democratic campaign filings; thousands of small donations totaling often close to a couple of hundred thousand dollars per person made to Democrats from elderly Democrats. It seemed rather strange that these elderly people, who appear to almost all life in average homes and are unemployed, would contribute excessive donations, which average out to multiple donations a day for years. Who makes donations like that? Some people sign up to contribute once a month, which is normal, not multiple times a day.

Suspicious money laundering may have been occurring, with donations made using the old folks’ names and addresses since they were less likely to discover them than younger people. O’Keefe, who started OMG Media Group after parting ways with Project Veritas, showed up at the homes of several of the elderly people, who have been dubbed "Smurfs," to confront them about the excessive contributions. They all appeared to be Democrats of modest means who seemed confused and generally denied making anything but small amounts.

One of the biggest recipients of the small amounts of donations was Janet for Justice, the campaign of Janet Protasiewicz, who narrowly won her Wisconsin Supreme Court race, tipping the balance on the court in favor of Democrats.

Election Watch suspects the money could be coming from overseas interests since the small amounts correlate to currency exchange differences. The strange contributions totaled $4.7 million. They are all publicly available in plain view on the FEC’s website.

O’Keefe and his team showed up at the home of Michael Jamieson in Maryland, who had allegedly contributed 3,000 times totaling 32,000. When asked about the donations, Jamieson, whose employment was listed as "unemployed," opened his rundown-looking door, ranted about Donald Trump, and said, "Stop f****** with me."

O’Keefe stopped by the home of Cindy Nowe, who allegedly contributed 1,000 times to ActBlue, totaling $18,000. She told him she donated to ActBlue for "$5 once in a while" because she has "various charities" she likes to give to. When he asked her if she’d donated $18,000, she said no.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-04-10 04:15|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 The same thing happened when Obama was running. Imagine that.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-04-10 06:52||   2023-04-10 06:52|| Front Page Top

#2 this has possible consequences for the tax liability of the gift givers or individuals involuntarily used as straw donors

gifts over about $15k have to be reported to the IRS and non reporting has a penalty
Posted by lord garth 2023-04-10 09:36||   2023-04-10 09:36|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm guessing this is how the plata part of plata o plomo is delivered.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-04-10 11:49||   2023-04-10 11:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Lawsuit time.
Prove that you didn't make this donation (bank records, etc).
Sue to get "your" money back.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-04-10 11:49||   2023-04-10 11:49|| Front Page Top

#5 When can we expect Merrick Garland to investigate?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-04-10 11:54||   2023-04-10 11:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Coordinated

If you cross reference the addresses to the law suits our side faces, a majority of the addresses trace back to vacant homes, elderly care facilities, or destitute inner city squalors.

Same tactic
Posted by mossomo 2023-04-10 13:10||   2023-04-10 13:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Back in Clinton's day they would just find paper bags full of cash on the campaign HQ doorstep.
Posted by Angstrom 2023-04-10 14:52||   2023-04-10 14:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Usually the entire point of making a political donation is to have the candidate you support know you support them, so they ‘support’ you if elected. This is why some PACs give to both major candidates in close elections. Clearly the Dems know who support this money laundering scheme.
Posted by Airandee 2023-04-10 17:48||   2023-04-10 17:48|| Front Page Top

#9 If we only had a FBI.
Posted by Woodrow 2023-04-10 19:42||   2023-04-10 19:42|| Front Page Top

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