Donald Trump is refusing to pay his campaign pollster three-quarters of a million dollars

[Denzil_DC]

Source: The Washington Post

Donald Trump's hiring of pollster Tony Fabrizio in May was viewed as a sign that the real estate mogul was finally bringing seasoned operatives into his insurgent operation.

But the Republican presidential nominee appears to have taken issue with some of the services provided by the veteran GOP strategist, who has advised candidates from 1996 GOP nominee Bob Dole to Florida Gov. Rick Scott. The Trump campaign's latest Federal Election Commission report shows that it is disputing nearly $767,000 that Fabrizio's firm says it is still owed for polling.

Trump campaign officials declined to provide details about the reason the campaign has declined to pay the sum to Fabrizio Lee, the pollster's Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based firm. “This is an administrative issue that we're resolving internally,” said senior communications adviser Jason Miller. Fabrizio did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Fabrizio was an ally of former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who persuaded a skeptical Trump in the spring that he needed a professional pollster. The abrupt departure of Manafort in August and Trump's hiring of pollster Kellyanne Conway to be his campaign manager raised questions about whether Fabrizio would stay on. There have also been multiple reports that Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner have rejected Fabrizio's advice.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/31/donald-trump-is-refusing-to-pay-his-campaign-pollster-nearly-three-quarters-of-a-million-dollars/

[Skittles]

2. that has long been part of Donald's wealth strategy

refusing to pay his bills

[SleeplessinSoCal]

32. Getting inside his head is truly toxic.

The way he thinks of himself, family, "friends", perceived enemies, women in general, and does his business, completely without ethics whatsoever, is easy to imagine. It's all out there - "The greatest baseball player in New York" and an addiction to lying and to never EVER apologize.

Hope is that November 9th the deluge of lawsuits, criminal trials, censures, and the kitchen sink will make him a Pariah everywhere except Russia.

[Skittles]

33. yup

think how much more money you'd have if you didn't pay your bills or taxes, and never donated to charity

the man is a complete fraud

[wordpix]

34. and taxes

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Par for the course. Trump doesn't pay the people he hires to perform services for him.

Or, he either pays only a fraction of the contract or nothing at all and forces them to sue him, which most smaller businesses can't afford to do. If they do sue him he stonewalls the discovery process, per the latest Newsweek article. I hope the dirt on Trump that's come out as a result of this election makes it impossible for him to hire anybody who doesn't demand payment in full up front.

[NewJeffCT]

4. He's waiting for the latest check from Putin to clear

before offering Fabrizio 1/3 of what was promised.

[stopbush]

6. "Fabrizio didn't deliver the polls results I wanted. Substandard toadying.

Sad."

[Vinca]

7. Anyone who works for Trump and doesn't get cash in advance is a fool.

[TeamPooka]

8. If you don't get the cash up front Trump will screw you. Trrump would cheat his kids and nana

Can hardly wait for Ivanka to sue him too.

[Stonepounder]

9. Advice to Fabrizio,

get your civil suit filed immediately and notify all the media outlets that you are doing so and why. I guess The Donald 'wasn't satisfied with your work' since you didn't give him the poll numbers that would have won him the election.

What, you mean that high poll numbers don't automatically mean winning? All the more reason not to pay you.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. In God We Trust. All others pay cash. NT

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. Who would ever work for that shyster?

He never pays anyone .

God , he is such a total sleazeball.

[C Moon]

12. Gee: no one saw this coming. R$ did the same thing when he pulled the rug from under his staffers.

This is what these assholes are all about. It's hard to imagine them having families and friends.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/09/mitt-romney-campaign-cancels-credit-cards-staffers-aids-election-night_n_2099916.html

[Agnosticsherbet]

13. This is the way Trump does business. They should have asked for all their money upfront. Trump does

not pay his debts.

[elmac]

14. Because its all rigged, rigged I tell you!!!

[ToxMarz]

15. LOL, I predicted that here last week

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2548423

[Fahrenthold451]

16. Makes him look poor. Makes him look weak. I love it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Deadbeat Don

[Hekate]

19. When dealing with The Don, always get the money upfront. In cash.

[awoke_in_2003]

20. Lie down with dogs. nt

[DFW]

21. "I hired you to tell me what I wanted to hear and then make it come true"

Reality show host Trump won't pay because his pollster didn't conjure up Trump's desired version of reality.

THIS is what Fox Noise and CNN ought to be shouting all evening (wanna bet it's still emails?).

[Achilleaze]

22. Republican "ethics" and "values" at work again

[MBS]

24. What a low-life.

[cynzke]

25. Add to this all the charity fraud reports leaking out.

Like the time Trump showed up at a charity event, finagled a seat on the stage for false publicity and then left afterwards donating NOTHING. OR the time Donald handed over a FAKE million dollar bill during a charity event. I bought several of these fake bills at a Hall Mark gift store, slipping them into birthday cards! This is probably one of the reasons why Trump doesn't want to open his tax records. We will see all the FAKE reporting of FAKE donations he NEVER MADE to reduce the taxes HE NEVER PAID.

The ONLY THING besides LYING Trump EXCELS at is CHEATING.

[BainsBane]

27. Shocked, I tell you

He's not going to pay any of them, including Kellyanne. His excuse will be their services weren't good enough because he lost.
The pollster didn't give him the numbers he wanted to see, is my guess.

[3catwoman3]

29. Well, of course his isn't.

This is his well know modus operandi. No surprise here.

[BlueStreak]

30. If you hired somebody to install windows in your house, and they were terrible, would you pay them?

Of course not. Trump's polls are terrible, so why should he have to pay?

[louis-t]

31. Aw, Fabrizio thought he was special.

He thought he was Donnie's buddy. You've been conned by the best, Tony boy.

[wordpix]

35. "I'm not paying; you did a lousy job finding out people won't vote for me"---Don the Con Trump

[MontanaMama]

36. My dad always told me

"That people will always show you who they are...it's your fault if you don't pay attention." That said, why would Tony Fabrizio think that The Orange Nightmare would treat him any differently than anybody else he's stiffed? How is he special?

Kellyanne, you should be taking notes here...

[niyad]

42. welcome to du

[mwooldri]

37. Are we reading Chapter 7 of his political career?

Looks like it...

[geek tragedy]

38. 1) must not be gettting good news; 2) fuck that guy for working for Orange Satan nt

[mahina]

40. So there's a bit of time while he may think it's recoverable.

May he realize he has no chance and release the info we all know he has, today.

[niyad]

41. no sympathy for any of those fools

[sofa king]

43. It's Christmas on Halloween!

What did I want for Christmas? I wanted every dirtball who helped Donald Trump to discover what a scumbag he really is... the hard way. And here it is.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

44. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, or however that thing goes...

People should know better by now than to do business with Trump unless they get every last dime up front. And maybe not even then.

[Divine Discontent]

45. yep, fool me twice shame on me!

and yes, if you're going to do business with him, ick, you better at least get the $ up front.

[rockfordfile]

46. Not surprised, It seems that Trump has a history of this

Trump can't be trusted.