Melania event is being investigated after promised charity proceeds that doesn't appear to exist

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A 'charity' event hosted by Melania Trump is being investigated after organizers said a portion of ticket proceeds would go to a charity that doesn't appear to exist, The New York Times reported.

Melania is due to appear at a "high tea" event in April in Naples, Florida, which organizers say will "benefit Fostering the Future, a Be Best initiative," which gives computer science scholarships to those aging out of the foster care system.

Regular tickets cost $3,000 and limited VIP tickets cost $50,000 each. It's unclear what percentage of the proceeds will go to charity.

According to The New York Times, no charity with the name "Fostering the Future" or "Be Best" is registered in Florida.

https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/a-melania-trump-event-is-being-investigated-after-promising-proceeds-to-a-charity-that-doesnt-appear-to-exist-report-says/articleshow/89551007.cms

[secondwind]

1. She must be hustling for cash.

I think I read somewhere that she was very invested in Bitcoin. Bitcoin just lost 99.9 of its value in one month.

[Dorian Gray]

3. Bitcoin

Hit a high in November at around 60,000. This morning it's trading at about 42.000. (So it has NOT lost its value at 99.9%. It's more down about 25-30% from the high.)

Perhaps you're thinking of the LGB coin? (Let's Go Brandon coin?) That's essentially worthless now. While I think it's foolish to invest a lot into any crypto, the LGB coin was REALLY a grift/scam.

Melania -- like the rest of the Trumps -- is a scam artist. Selling NFTs and investing in crypto is par for the course.

[secondwind]

10. You know, I think you are right.... thanks for correcting..

[Dorian Gray]

23. It's still

a stupid investment! I think your overall point was true. It isn't a sound investment strategy putting money into something so speculative and volatile.

[eShirl]

2. Maybe she got charity tips from Eric.

[Princess Turandot]

4. There's a 'Fostering The Future' with a federal tax exempt registration number..

..located in Illinois. According to ProPublica, it achieved its tax exempt identification in August 2020. (Hmm.) Its stated focus is on 'Youth Development Programs'.

And that's about it: no webpage, no publicly uploaded financial filings, although the latter isn't overly surprising given the late 2020 registration date, and IRS processing delays. (On the other hand, they may not have filed any or had any activity..)

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/851859538

[Duppers]

5. Just like husband, a fake, fraud, & grifter.

"Be best"! Best what?

[fwvinson]

9. Here in the USA we say "Be the Best"

In Russia it's said "Be Best"

[secondwind]

11. LOL

[Emile]

6. She has had a good teacher on how to con.

Her husband!

[Escurumbele]

12. She was a con artists before she married him, that is why she married him. I have to think that she

was not smart enough to get a good pre-nuptial agreement that would protect her, and now that trump has no real use for her all she has left is free lodging at mar-a-lago.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Her husband must have cut her off.

Legally, a husband doesn't HAVE TO sufficiently fund a wife. That's where the term "Cheaper to keep her" comes from and that's why wives file for divorce. And that's a trade-off as as a divorcee, you get a court-ordered monthly stipend but you can't inherit when your ex dies.

[Delphinus]

19. Oh,

I had never heard that! Geez, the things one learns.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. I shining example of Charity begins at home

[Scrivener7]

13. We'd all be in jail for that. And it wouldn't take years of investigation to put us there.

[gab13by13]

14. It's not going to take years of investigation,

just a few seconds, executive authority or something else.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. Imagine that

[Raster]

16. Daddy must have cut her allowance...

... Couldn't get the RNC* to pony up for Malaria's "trust fund."

[COL Mustard]

17. As Gomer Pyle would say....

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

[Blue Owl]

24. Louie Gohmert was probably first in line for a ticket

[johnthewoodworker]

18. So, a Republican/Nazi Trumptard committed a crime and is now going to fear democratic

legality. What a joke.

[oldsoftie]

20. Top bidder on her high priced NFT was.........her. Only 7 bidders. LOSER.

[Akacia]

21. At this point in time

anyone who attends a charity event hosted by any trump is a fool. Grifters gotta grift!

[tanyev]

22. Ya'll, it sounds like the former first lady is kind of sketch.