Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Sep 26, 2024

A new #mystery #firm enters #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump's orbit, rekindling #criticism of his #presidential #campaign #spending

An #AssociatedPress #review of #FederalElectionCommission #records shows that more than $876 million moved through Trump’s #campaigns and pro-Trump #fundraising #committees over the past nine years to six #limitedliabilitycompanies, including #LaunchpadStrategies.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-mystery-company-campaign-spending-fec-money-46ef348587fb99a80fda05b076b9dbd8

Launchpad Strategies has received $15 million from the Trump campaign. What it's for isn't clear

Launchpad Strategies, incorporated less than a year ago, has received $15 million from Donald Trump’s election fundraising machine. Campaign finance experts say it was built for anonymity and is the latest example of how the Trump campaign has used secretive businesses to obscure its spending from the public. An Associated Press review of Federal Election Commission records shows that over $876 million moved through Trump’s campaigns and pro-Trump fundraising committees over the past nine years to six limited liability companies, including Launchpad Strategies. While other campaigns have relied on vendors with hazy origins, Trump’s operation has set its “own standard in terms of doing it far more than anyone else,” says Saurav Ghosh of the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center.

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Democracy Matters Sep 26, 2024

This 'secretive' outfit has received $15m from Trump’s 'election fundraising machine': report
https://www.alternet.org/trump-launchpad-strategies-ap/

#LaunchpadStrategies #DangerousDonald #DonaldArlingtonTrump #GOPWeirdos #TrumpWillLose2024 #TrumpIsUnwell #Project2025 #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #NoRepublicansEverAgain #FuckFascists #VoteBlue #USPol #DonaldTrump

This 'secretive' outfit has received $15m from Trump’s 'election fundraising machine': report

Launchpad Strategies' website describes the outfit as "a full-service Republican digital agency run by expert strategists who have spent decades managing and advising winning campaigns." And the site lists "advertising," "online fundraising" and "voter contact" as the services it offers. Launchpad's...

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rexiJun 20, 2024

https://www.salon.com/2024/06/18/virtually-no-public-information-campaign-pays-over-3-million-to-mystery-company/

"Virtually no public information": Trump campaign pays over $3M to mystery company

…state business records show that #LaunchpadStrategies was incorporated in Delaware, campaign finance filings list an address in Raleigh, NC. Last week, however, state officials in North Carolina confirmed that it is not registered in the state.

“We don’t have a business entity by that name in our Business Registration database,” so spokeswoman for the North Carolina secretary of state…

"Virtually no public information": Trump campaign pays over $3 million to mystery company

The mysterious company with a post box office in North Carolina is not registered in the state, officials say

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joe•iuculano Jun 17, 2024

Via #RawStory

“It’s concerning 2 see a company formed just 6 months ago suddenly receive over $3.1 million from #DonaldTrump’s network," #SauravGhosh, the #CampaignLegalCenter's director of federal campaign finance reform, told #NBC

“Who works there, what services they offer or have provided, and whether #Trump’s payments to #LaunchpadStrategies, LLC are for bona fide services or are, instead, actually payments to other vendors funneled through a mere corporate shell"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-campaign-finance-2668537696/

'Red flags': Mysterious new company is quietly raking in millions from Trump's campaign

A mysterious company has collected more than $3 million from former President Donald Trump's campaign for reasons neither party will own, according to a new report. The Delaware limited liability company Launchpad Strategies has received $3.1 million since incorporating in November from the Trump ca...

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