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Donald Trump's broke campaign paid $35,000 to a fictional advertising company.. (Original Post)
Capt. Obvious
Jun 2016
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The Weird Story Behind The Trump Campaign’s $35,000 Payment To ‘Draper Sterling’
L. Coyote
Jun 2016
#4
and the site says they are aaaagood at "Retouching photos to increase hand size"
dixiegrrrrl
Jun 2016
#6
frazzled
(18,402 posts)1. LOL!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. Exactly!
Woonder if there is a real Draper Sterling......
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)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
(23,970 posts)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
(51,129 posts)4. The Weird Story Behind The Trump Campaign’s $35,000 Payment To ‘Draper Sterling’
The Weird Story Behind The Trump Campaigns $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 Trumps 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 campaigns 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 governors 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. .................
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 Trumps 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 campaigns 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 governors 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 isnt even an office. Rather, its 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?
Thats 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 states 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.
..............
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)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
(13,889 posts)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
(51,129 posts)9. Exactly, someone registered the domain to create a parody site.
and did a fantastic job.
KelleyKramer
(8,982 posts)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
(39,321 posts)10. +1