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TomCADem

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Wed Jan 11, 2017, 08:50 PM Jan 2017

Fake News? Trump Foundation Paid Activist Filmmaker James OKeefe

While Donald Trump complains about "Fake News," lets not forget that the Trump campaign funneled money to right wing Fake News superstar James O'Keefe through his "charitable" foundation.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-foundation-paid-activist-filmmaker-james-o-keefe-n670381

At the third presidential debate, Donald Trump invoked a video that says supporters of Hillary Clinton were paid to incite violence at one of his rallies in Chicago. It was an attack thread to emphasize that her campaign was "sleazy."

But what Trump didn't say is that he has paid the filmmaker who he says uncovered the story.

The video, which was just released earlier this week and made by conservative activist James O'Keefe of Project Veritas, was paid $10,000 by the Trump Foundation in May of 2015 - one month before Trump's announcement of candidacy.

"They hired people. They paid them $1,500, and they're on tape saying be violent, cause fights, do bad things," Trump said on the debate stage Wednesday night, referencing the video by O'Keefe.
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Fake News? Trump Foundation Paid Activist Filmmaker James OKeefe (Original Post) TomCADem Jan 2017 OP
donnie rose to political infamy by spewing birther lies. unblock Jan 2017 #1
Of course shenmue Jan 2017 #2
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