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DonViejo

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Fri Dec 16, 2016, 02:47 PM Dec 2016

'Coffee With Ivanka' Fundraising Page Mysteriously Taken Down After Scrutiny

by MATT SHUHAM Published DECEMBER 16, 2016, 12:24 PM EDT

A charity fundraising page which was auctioning off a coffee date with Ivanka Trump to the highest bidder has been taken down without explanation, NPR first reported Friday.

The fundraiser, for the Eric Trump Foundation, said the money raised would benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The auction had seen bidding reach $77,888, according to NPR. The charity page was taken down some time Friday morning.

The event initially offered “30-45 minutes” of time to meet with Ivanka Trump, along with a guest of the bidder’s choice, in New York City or Washington, D.C. The New York Times reported Thursday that many of the bidders for the event wanted access to Ivanka Trump in order to communicate a message to the incoming administration, in which it seems she and her husband, Jared Kushner, will play a part.

The last cached copy of the fundraiser https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/enjoy-coffee-with-ivanka-trump-in-nyc-or-dc-1182106" target="_blank">on the WayBack Machine, which archives copies of web pages, shows bidding at $72,888 at 8:09 AM ET on Friday. There had been 28 bids for the coffee meeting at that point.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ivanka-trump-coffee-fundraiser-disappears

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'Coffee With Ivanka' Fundraising Page Mysteriously Taken Down After Scrutiny (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
Guess they decided to take that money from a children's hospital! scscholar Dec 2016 #1
The brother probably took it down after criticism of the unseeming nature of it brush Dec 2016 #2

brush

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2. The brother probably took it down after criticism of the unseeming nature of it
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 02:55 PM
Dec 2016

It was looking too close like p_imping his sister

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