Just curious if we ever got an answer to what happened to the inaugural funds

[Frustratedlady]

that were left over and never accounted for? With this latest disclosure coming out of "pay to play" and donations from foreign countries (some, of which were donated to the inaugural fund), wouldn't Trump stick it in his personal fund? It was hushed up pretty fast, as I recall.

He could be making money hand over fist.

Also, didn't Trump and/or the boys use funds that were supposed to go to charities for their own personal use...like lawyers'
fees?

[OnDoutside]

1. No, Tom Barrack made all the right noises about releasing the accounts

but hasn't. Mueller has interviewed him though !

[Frustratedlady]

2. Surely, there are oversight departments that have a deadline for reporting finances

received/disbursed so they can be audited. There are surely career auditors that aren't his people and would insist on an accounting.

I would guess that when all is said and done, this will be a YUUGE scandal and we might never know the extent of the Trump family corruption, collusion and common crimes.

[OnDoutside]

3. Apparently not with inauguration fundraising. It was another loophole that Trump blew wide open.

Rachel has gone through this before and being very conservative about the numbers, she reckoned there's at least 50 million unaccounted for.

[Frustratedlady]

4. OMG! I hadn't heard that. Thanks for the info.

It will be interesting to see how much he's pilfered. Payback will be if Mueller captures all his assets and leaves them penniless or next to. Just imagine all he's stolen before he became a leader of a potential money pit.

[OnDoutside]

5. I vaguely remember that they raised in excess of $100m. It was

a smaller inauguration with 3rd rate entertainers and they spent way more than Obama.

[calimary]

6. Indeed. Those, and trump's tax returns.

We still need to see those.

[Achilleaze]

7. So the republicans lied about the inaugural funds, too?

the republicans are an unholy crime $in-dick-ate.