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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJill Kelley story gets juicier... possible Tax Fraud!
http://www.businessinsider.com/jill-kelley-charity-2012-11Jill and her husband formed a Cancer research and treatment charity in 2007 with $157K in seed money from unknown source. By end of year, money was all gone, spent on entertainment, travel, auto expenses, utility bills, and $12K in "office supplies". They ran the charity out of their house.No evidence any money went to research or treatment.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,299 posts)murray hill farm
(3,650 posts)The she was also involved in the Wounded Warrior program in fund raising, etc. I want to believe in that program, but do have some problems with their ads asking for money and showing wounded warrior's they have helped, etc. From their ads, you would think that only whites served or were wounded. Just hits me wrong. This is just another thing that makes one wonder.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)but nothing surprises me any more. Money is like a magnet for these people, and a foundation can start out with the best intentions only to be scavenged by the well connected.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)There is a HUGE results difference when you google "Jill Kelley" vs "Jill Kelly"... Oops!!!
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)And yes, the results are HUGE!
Strange names the kids come up with for things these days.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)A former member of the general's military staff told the Washington Post that Kelley was a "self-appointed" go-between for US central command officers in Florida and Middle East government officials. Kelley and her siblings were born in Lebanon and brought to the US as small children.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Overall, a picture emerges of a social ladder climber who spent way more than her income.
And that is the nice description.
The others are possible spy......maybe a madam???......and a psychic vampire who garnered publicity at the cost of wounded vets.
Can hardly wait to see what emerges by tomorrow.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)on Open Secrets under their names in Florida for 2008, 2010, 2012 to see what their actual political affiliation might be but it came up empty.
glinda
(14,807 posts)I mean, fabricating and imagining that you are part of the Government/Military? Maybe but maybe not. Or maybe was told by Rove they were. lol!