…in the 1980s, #TimothyMellon wrote in his memoir, he came to resent “citizens dependent upon government largess,” whom he called “slaves of a new Master, Uncle Sam.”

“Black people, in spite of heroic efforts by the ‘Establishment’ to right the wrongs of the past, became even more belligerent & unwilling to pitch in to improve their own situations,” he wrote.

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #ConspiracyTheories #billionaires #law #AntideficiencyAct

… #TimothyMellon rarely engages with the news media & did not respond to interview requests. Even some of the candidates who accept his checks have little contact with him. The most detailed accounting of his life comes largely from two sources: an autobiography Mellon first published in 2014 & the paper trail he has left in court.

#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #law #AntideficiencyAct

The #Pentagon said it accepted the donation under the “general gift acceptance authority.”

“The donation was made on the condition that it be used to offset the cost of service members’ salaries & benefits,” Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief propagandist, said in a stmnt.

Still, the donation appears to be a potential violation of the #AntideficiencyAct, which prohibits federal agencies from spending money in excess of congressional appropriations or from accepting voluntary services.

#law

The move to pay #US #military troops with private donations is highly unusual & a *potential* violation of the #AntideficiencyAct, which prohibits federal agencies from spending money in excess of congressional appropriations or from accepting voluntary services.

#PrivateMilitary #law #Trump #Congress