Donald Trump's broke campaign paid $35,000 to a fictional advertising company..

[Capt. Obvious]

Draper-Sterling of Mad Men

[frazzled]

1. LOL!

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Exactly!

Woonder if there is a real Draper Sterling......

[gratuitous]

2. Still wonder why Trump won't release his tax returns?

His dealings don't stand up to scrutiny very well.

But it turns out there really is a Draper Sterling registered with the New Hampshire Secretary of State:

https://www.sos.nh.gov/corporate/soskb/Corp.asp?1289960

[0rganism]

3. watch for payouts to publicist John Barron

looks to me like trump is running an amazing scam on the American electorate, possibly just doing it for egotainment and lulz

[L. Coyote]

4. The Weird Story Behind The Trump Campaign’s $35,000 Payment To ‘Draper Sterling’

The Weird Story Behind The Trump Campaign’s $35,000 Payment To ‘Draper Sterling’
by Judd Legum Jun 21, 2016 11:33 am

On Monday night, the Trump campaign filed its monthly Federal Election Commission campaign disclosure report for May. The headline was that his fundraising was anemic and he finished the month with just $1.3 million on hand, a pittance for a presidential nominee.

But buried in Trump’s 1699-page report was something much weirder. The Trump campaign made $35,000 in payments to an entity called “Draper Sterling” for “web advertising.” Three $10,000 payments and one $5,000 payment were placed on the campaign’s American Express card on the same day. .........

.... This is when things get interesting.

The only other apparent public mention of Draper Sterling effectively accuses it of being a scam that helps perpetrate legally questionable activity.

It comes from an FEC complaint against an entity called “Patriots For America,” a federal super PAC seeking to influence the Missouri governor’s race. The complaint, filed on May 12 by an economics professor named Aaron Hedlund, alleges that Patriots For America listed no receipts or disbursements on its FEC filings, yet sent out direct mail.

It also highlights an unusual debt of $56,234 to “Draper Sterling LLC” for “business consulting.” Hedlund describes the debt as “mysterious,” “highly unusual” and a potential violation of the law. .................

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/18-Crosby-Ln-Londonderry-NH-03053/113622595_zpid/

http://drapersterling.com/ LOL!

The Story Behind The Weird ‘Mad Men’ Firm That Donald Trump Is Using
Seriously, the firm is called Draper Sterling. But its origins are even more bizarre.

.... based in Londonderry, New Hampshire, on a pleasant residential street. It isn’t even an office. Rather, it’s a recently purchased four-room home occupied by a man who owns a cafe in a nearby town.

How did this place become a small hub for Trump for President activity?

That’s not entirely clear but there are some intriguing political connections to the firm and equally intriguing theories to explain its existence. More on those later.

First things first. Draper Sterling is an actual firm. It was registered with the New Hampshire secretary of state’s office with the address of 18 Crosby Lane, Londonderry. It is listed as a foreign limited liability company and was formed in Delaware on Dec. 2, 2015, according to public filings. Someone named Jon Adkins applied for registration in New Hampshire on Feb. 14 and the firm was formally created on March 25.

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[dixiegrrrrl]

6. and the site says they are aaaagood at "Retouching photos to increase hand size"

So an obvious tongue in cheek company.

Yet is the bit about Trumps payment true?

[anigbrowl]

7. The site owner isn't necessarily the company

The domain was just registered today so it's most likely a joke that has nothing to do with the corporate entity located in New Hampshire.

[L. Coyote]

9. Exactly, someone registered the domain to create a parody site.

and did a fantastic job.

[KelleyKramer]

8. That needs to be an original post

I suspected all along that he was peeling away money from the campaign. There are campaign laws and he could face some serious charges.

[flamingdem]

10. +1