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Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
Thu May 19, 2016, 10:47 AM May 2016

Donald Trump gave six-figure paid speech to pyramid scheme company in 2015 (HRC GP)

It turns out Ben Carson isn’t the only 2016 republican presidential candidate who has the embarrassing distinction of giving paid speeches to pyramid scheme companies. New disclosures from the finances of Donald Trump reveal that he gave a six figure paid speech last year to a multilevel marketing or pyramid scheme company, calling into question not only the timing, but just what he might be hiding in the transcripts.

There is some debate across as to just how thoroughly the company in question, ACN, fits the traditional label of a pyramid scheme. But Donald Trump’s involvement nonetheless raises eyebrows. This is far from the first time he’s given paid speeches to the company in question. But his speech last February, which netted him nearly half a million dollars, came just four months before he officially entered the race for President. The nature of the company, as well as the high speaking fee involved, has led some to wonder just what kind of speech Trump may have been giving. Now we know why Hillary Clinton has preferred to hang onto her own Wall Street speeches as leverage down the road rather than releasing them during primary season. She has stated that she’ll be willing to make her transcripts public only when Trump releases his own, and she’s hinted that the content of his paid speeches may be far more problematic than hers.

Among other eyebrow raising details in Donald Trump’s latest disclosures: he’s still claiming that his golf course could be worth anywhere from $1 million to $50 million, suggesting possible shenanigans on property appraisals. And he’s also an investor in at least three major corporations that he criticized by name during the course of the republican primary race.

But Trump’s paid speech to a pyramid scheme in the same year he entered the race for President may end up drawing the most attention. His former opponent and now ally Ben Carson faced backlash for giving speeches to a company which had been busted by the government for making misleading claims about a supposed cancer cure.


http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/donald-trump-gave-six-figure-paid-speech-last-year-to-pyramid-scheme-company/24839/
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Donald Trump gave six-figure paid speech to pyramid scheme company in 2015 (HRC GP) (Original Post) Her Sister May 2016 OP
But thats ok cause ya know it's a man thing. But when a women rec'd speech money Iliyah May 2016 #1
Iliyah don't despair! There is a double standard --------- till there is not! Her Sister May 2016 #2

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. But thats ok cause ya know it's a man thing. But when a women rec'd speech money
Thu May 19, 2016, 11:09 AM
May 2016

it's horrid, and it does not matter for which company, it's just bad.

I see the double standard daily.

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