John McEntee, former Trump aide & Project 2025 advisor, gives fake money to homeless people so they'll get arrested

[highplainsdem]

when they use it. He says he does this to help "clean up the community, getting them off the street."

Tweet with his TikTok video:

Link to tweet

Reaction to it from Tara Setmayer of the Lincoln Project:

Link to tweet

[Fla Dem]

1. Isn't that a crime, passing off counterfeit money?

If the receiver of this counterfeit money then tries to use it, they could be arrested,

Beside the legality of the act, John McEntee is a swine treating homeless people like props so he can get a chuckle.

[bullimiami]

5. Yes. This has to be more than one crime.

He is passing it with the intent of falsely involving the police and courts.

[highplainsdem]

7. As I understand it, yes. And people on Twitter are saying it is.

[LeftInTX]

11. It's Hollywood money. No it's not a crime to own it or sell or give it away.

This has been going on for awhile.



Police warn of movie prop money used as actual currency
https://www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/police-warn-of-movie-prop-money-used-as-actual-currency,7990

[Wonder Why]

12. Yes it is when you pass it as real. That's what he was doing!

[LeftInTX]

14. He's giving it away. He's not using it in a transaction

[Wonder Why]

15. He's defrauding people who think it is real and they are passing it because they do believe.

[LeftInTX]

17. It's been answered by attorneys before

Andrew Mark Jaffe
Internet Lawyer in Akron, OH
| Licensed for 46 years
Besides being just plain mean to the homeless, I am concerned about your possession of "fake money." You could be creating liability for yourself.

Andra Marie Vaccaro
Business Attorney in Los Angeles, CA

42 reviews
Rating:
9.2
Posted on May 30, 2017
No, but why do that?....................................................

https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/is-it-illegal-to-give-a-homeless-person-fake-money-3063588.html

[Irish_Dem]

24. He is using trickery to get people arrested.

So if I trick you into committing a crime that is perfectly legal?

[LeftInTX]

25. Lawyers have answered that question

https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/is-it-illegal-to-give-a-homeless-person-fake-money-3063588.html

[Irish_Dem]

26. I don't care what the lawyers say.

It it is wrong, immoral and should be illegal to trick others into committing crimes.

This is not a court of law.

This is the court of public opinion and it is wrong to entice people into committing crimes.

[Mr.Bill]

30. Never forget,

at every trial, 50% of the lawyers are wrong.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

38. Agree. F the law. This man is filth. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. Transferring money IS a transaction. Doesn't have to be two way. . . . . nt

[niyad]

34. "PASSING" such can be considered a felony, or a federal crime,

depending on use, says the linked article.

[appmanga]

39. If I give you a balloon of heroin...

...because you want some heroin, that's a transaction whether you pay me or not. If you are caught with said heroin, saying someone gave it to you isn't a defense.

As with everything with the law, whether what he's doing is illegal may depend on several things, including the jurisdiction in which he lives. I would believe he's committing a fraud similar to if I sold you baking soda instead of the heroin you decided to buy from me, something that is illegal in some jurisdictions. But, regardless of the law, he's a piece of shit. And to have the temerity to admit something so ugly in a public forum shows how the cruelty of the MAGAts is a part of how they choose to live their lives.

[LeftInTX]

49. Heroin possession is illegal. Possessing play money is not illegal.

I can go to Dollar Tree and buy play money. I can't buy heroin at Dollar Tree.

[appmanga]

75. Let's not go to far out of the box then.

Replace "heroin" with "phony gold coins".

[brewens]

28. He has to be lying to them to tell them it's worth something. Then if they have any trouble over it, that has

to qualify as some kind of fraud, even if it's only a sting of misdemeanors. If not counterfeiting. There is no fucking way that is totally legal. Gotta be some kind of malicious mischief or harassment.

[wnylib]

52. I would like to see an undercover cop pose as a homeless man or woman

in a place that he frequents and catch him in the act of fraudulently representing fake money as real in order to entice people to commit a crime.

Or, would love to see someone take a video if him in the act and post it.

[brewens]

66. If his scam worked it should piss the cops off more than anything. All they need is that joker adding to

their work with phony money calls.

[wnylib]

71. I wonder if cops could get him on some sort of nuisance charge for

creating crime situations that they have to deal with. Sort of Iike people who pull fire alarms for kicks.

[Xavier Breath]

18. "Kids Learning Toys and Birthday Party"

Because what kid doesn't want to receive a pile of fake cash for their birthday? That'll learn 'em.

[LeftInTX]

19. It's not illegal to sell or buy the stuff...

[Xavier Breath]

20. I didn't say it was.

I was merely pointing out what a lame selling point it was to suggest it was good for a kid's birthday party.

[LeftInTX]

21. Everyone is saying this Trump guy is gonna get locked up for giving it away.

I'm saying he won't because it's not illegal to give away.

I think what he's doing is unethical and deplorable, but a__hole is not going to prison over this. As much as we would like these guys off the street, this isn't gonna get him put away.

[Xavier Breath]

22. 'Everyone' doesn't include me.

Again, I was commenting on the lame birthday party angle. If this needs still further explanation, please let me know.

[catbyte]

47. It may not be illegal, but it's sleazy and mean-spirited as hell. Right up RNC's alley.

[LeftInTX]

51. That is 1000% true!!!

Although we want these creeps put away, unfortunately, he will still be out on the streets.

[catbyte]

54. I found a law that may apply, but we can't seem to prosecute traitors and crooks as long as they're rich,

so this creep is gonna skate by. But that report I posted is interesting.

[catbyte]

53. Actually, it may be a crime. If somebody really wants to pursue it, it looks like it violates

18 U.S.C. 2.

Virtually every federal criminal statute has a hidden feature; primary offenders and even their most casual accomplices face equal punishment. This results from 18 U.S.C. 2, which visits the same consequences on anyone who orders or assists in the commission of a federal crime. Aiding and abetting means assisting in the commission of someone else’s crime. Section 2(a) demands that the defendant embrace the crime of another and consciously do something to contribute to its success. An accomplice must know the offense is afoot if he is to intentionally contribute to its success. While a completed offense is a prerequisite to conviction for aiding and abetting, the hands-on offender need be neither named nor convicted.

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R43769/4

[BonnieJW]

48. It's absolutely a crime.

Years ago I was a bank teller. If someone was making a deposit and a counterfeit bill was in it, I couldn't even give the bill back to the owner. I had to put it in a baggie and call the FBI. The owner was out $20

[RobinA]

76. Are We Talking

Monopoly money, or actual counterfeit greenbacks? I never met a homeless person yet who didn't know the difference. They're homeless, not dumb.

[bamagal62]

2. So, is he is making

Counterfeit money??? Isn’t that forgery or fraud?

[niyad]

37. According to another poster, he is using movie prop money. Since I

could not listen to the vudeo, I do not know if that is what the sleazoid is claiming.

[Think. Again.]

3. rightwingers gonna rightwing.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. Hope he gets a very nasty visit from the Secret Service

who investigates counterfeit money.

[Takket]

6. well hopefully now that he has admitted to conterfeiting money, DOJ will arrest him

I'm not holding my breath for garland to move on him

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Scum. Entrapment. Enticement.

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Enjoy jail.

[republianmushroom]

10. Agree.

[unblock]

9. Yes, people who pass counterfeit money should certainly be imprisoned to keep them off the streets

His plan is to intentionally commit a crime in an effort to dupe other people into committing the same crime, and then figure that the other people will go to prison and he won't.

[MadameButterfly]

16. Does this fall in the category of Kristy Noem killing her dog

and bragging about it?

[unblock]

23. Will it ruin his political career? Not likely. Probably make him a hero among the deplorables

[MadameButterfly]

29. Wow. So picking on homeless people ok, but not dogs

I wish you weren't right about this.

I do hope it turns out to be illegal though. It might not bother the MAGAs but it could bother the police who are having to deal with the people arrested for fake bills

[thesquanderer]

46. Like Kristi Noem, in MAGA world, the cruelty is a feature, not a bug. n/t

[rickford66]

13. How come guys like this don't get death threats ? Just honest people.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

67. Maybe fight fire with fire?

Trash bags deserve death threats imho. Maybe it might housebreak them so they think twice about shitting on people.

[3catwoman3]

31. What a mean-spirited, shitty thing to do.

[niyad]

32. May he, and his enablers, receive everything they deserve.

I would love to invite him to a meal, maybe a nice salad with mushrooms, a lovely tea. .

[magicarpet]

42. ..... could you add a lace table cloth, arsenic, and hemlock to the menu of Mr. McEntee's meal ?

.... here are some candles for the table of his last supper.

[niyad]

63. But of course. Poke, datura, amanita muscaria, hemlock. .

[mjvpi]

33. Place in hell, for sure. And I'm an Atheist!

[PatSeg]

35. These people are just rotten to the core

What a cruel, nasty piece of shit.

[TeamProg]

36. That is illegal. Lock him up! nt

[DET]

40. Remember...

This arrogant POS was hired as the Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office under Trump. Per Wikipedia, ‘He was tasked with identifying and removing political appointees and career officials deemed insufficiently loyal to the administration…’. I can only imagine how much he must have enjoyed his job. Probably toyed with his prey before firing them.

[Mad_Machine76]

78. He got into some trouble too

if I recall?

[DET]

79. No Doubt

He got into trouble before he was even hired. One of the Generals fired him from his initial position in the Trump administration when he found out that McEntee did not qualify for a security clearance due to some financial malfeasance in his background. So, of course, Trump hired him as his personnel director to clean house per Trump’s direction. I vaguely remember the little twerp causing quite a bit of havoc, but the details escape me in the whirlwind of Trump shenanigans.

One last thing…McEntee convinced Peter Theil to give him money to found a conservative dating app for losers like himself. Every woman’s dream - a sadistic sociopath whose idea of fun is torturing the homeless. I can’t imagine that venture was successful.

[Botany]

41. I am still recovering from very severe medical crap but I would love to spend some time with that a-hole

Excuse me but Mr. McEntee needs a real tune up. “I carry fake money in order to get homeless people
arrested when they try to buy food,”.

[progressoid]

57. Yeah...

I've not been in a physical altercation for a few decades and have made a point to avoid them but I'd make an exception for this guy.

[wnylib]

64. I had an experience with a homeless guy looking for food just a few days ago.

In my small city, homeless people hang out at convenience stores like 7/11 late at night because they are open all night. It's a place to get warm or out of the rain.

A few days ago there were a couple guys hanging out in front of a 7/11 as I entered. It was early evening, but raining. They were sheltering underneath the overhang of the storefront. One of them showed me a Social Services cash/food stamp card and asked me to use it to buy some milk and cinnamon snack cakes for him. He said that the clerks would not accept it from him because it had a female name on it. I am female.

Well, it would have been illegal for me to use the card. Plus, what was he doing with someone else's card? So I said no and went inside. But then I thought, regardless of how he got the card, he was asking for a half gallon of milk and a snack. He was not asking for money or drugs.

So I bought the milk, cinnamon cakes, and a couple healthier snacks on my bank card and gave the bag to him when I came out of the store.

One of the clerks was outside on her break. I'm a regular at that store, so she asked why I gave the guy a bag. I said it was only milk and food. She thought I was a gullible old lady being conned. I said that he was just a hungry person and giving him food was not being conned. It was just being kind. And a lot more legal than his original request.

[Botany]

74. Speaking of food for the hungry across America check out the Biden' Administration's, "Food is Medicine."

It is a game changer. You or somebody in your family needs food we will get you food.
End of story.

Now, some people will complain about the costs but this will make money for America,
help people @ work because they are not worried about their kids or some other family
member or friend needing something to eat, and it shows real kindness in helping people
make their lives better. Joe B. Is the best President of my lifetime and in part because he
has taken some real hurts in his life and had a father and his family who struggled with money
and employment as he was growing up.

Food is Medicine is a combination of HHS, the Department of Ag, Instacart, Feeding America,
the Rockefeller Foundation, and some other non governmental organizations. It will be results
driven. And speaking of results driven buying that man some milk and food was the right thing
to do because you will not miss the 5 or 10 dollars but for an hour or so the homeless person
could feel good and that is a good thing.

[IcyPeas]

43. This is all over twitter with lots of comments @ing ("at"ing) @FBI and @Secret Service

So someone is sure to see it.

What a juvenile twit.

“Trump recently rehired Johnny McEntee, a 29-year-old personal aide to Trump who was abruptly fired in 2018 amid an investigation over "serious financial crimes," to lead the presidential personnel office and purge officials believed to be "anti-Trump."”

What? He was fired for serious financial crimes? Wouldn't this get him promoted ... not fired....

[live love laugh]

44. Wow 😮

[gopiscrap]

50. Isn't it illegal to tender fake money to some one

with the intention of the receiver thinking it is legitimate currency

[Ponietz]

72. Criminal solicitation

[Silent Type]

55. Hope someone harmed comes forward. Otherwise, this POS will become more popular to right.

[dalton99a]

56. Betcha he's also giving them food and treats laden with poison

Sadistic evil piece of shit

[FrenchCitizen]

58. He wouldn't be the first.

https://apnews.com/general-news-4cca6618b84b606ec703106dd80df3be?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

I don't know if the guy in the story above is necessarily a MAGA type like McEntee. But there's a history of shitty people doing that, so I wouldn't put it past him (or some other wannabe MAGA star) to pull an evil stunt like that.

[Danmel]

59. Sickening

Devoid of humanity. I really have no words for someone who could do something so senseless cruel.

[NoMoreRepugs]

60. An in your face statement of what project 2025 is all about.

[DET]

69. Speak of the Devil...

Wikipedia: ‘In May 2023, it was announced that McEntee was joining The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 as a senior advisor.’

[AverageOldGuy]

61. Let's hope . . .

. . . that he makes a habit of this in the same areas of the same city. Eventually the homeless in that area will catch on to him, recognize him, and . . . the term "sleeps with the fishes" comes to mind.

Justice comes in many forms, some of it outside the courtroom.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

62. sick

[I_UndergroundPanther]

65. Republicans hate the poor

Would send us all to concentration camps and those of us that are disabled would be killed if he had his way.

What an evil little fucker.

America would be so much better if these oversized amydagalia chickenshit republican evolutionary throwbacks were gone.

[GenThePerservering]

68. Dude's so stupid

that he makes a video of this. I'm not sure that will end well for him.

[Blue Owl]

70. Arrest this motherfucker

[keithbvadu2]

73. Donate to Donald using Christian money. Cheating wait staff while passing God's word as a tip..

[Traildogbob]

77. Christian Nation

Following the teachings.