bearister said:
Shouldn't he pay his own bills first?
Cities seek more than $750K in unpaid bills for Trump campaign events since 2016
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/cities-seek-750k-unpaid-bills-trump-campaign-events-rcna174757
Trump US rallies leave behind unpaid dues, again and again | US Election 2024 News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/10/21/trump-us-rallies-leave-behind-unpaid-dues-again-and-again
* tRump won. He is the King and his patron is the Emperor of Earth and Mars. What's the point of denying this stuff anymore? He is a Hall of Fame Charlatan and an elite troll . You gotta embrace this stuff now. It embellishes his victory. He can literally do anything the f@uck he wants to and get away with it. He gangsta!
Wow - this is well below your already typical TDS induced disconnection from reality. From the link you posted:
"At the same time, it's not always clear cut whose legal responsibility it is to foot the bill.
Reached for comment, a Trump campaign official said in a text message that "questions related to local law
enforcement and first responder costs
should be directed to secret service."
At least two municipalities seeking reimbursements
said they didn't have formal agreements with the Trump campaign about costs before the events.
Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi told NBC News that
it's the agency, not the campaign, that typically requests local assistance for such campaign activities.
However, the Secret Service "lacks a mechanism to reimburse local governments for their support during protective events," he said.
Guglielmi added that the agency has "identified this as a critical need" and is working with Congress to make it possible in the future."
And from this link:
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/why-do-presidential-campaigns-often-skip-out-on-paying-cities-for-rally-bills/"But it turns out the President Trump is not alone. A lot of presidential campaigns haven't paid the bills.
The Federal Elections Commission does not require candidates to pay for police protection. There are no uniform rules for what cities can charge. And some cities, like Duluth, never bother to send a bill because they don't think they'll get paid.
The Center for Public Integrity found Democrats and Republicans are equally lax, and some don't pay in a timely matter.
Democrat Bernie Sanders reportedly owed cities $449,409 for police security and public costs, however the Sanders campaign provided WCCO-TV with
this Federal Elections Commission report showing the campaign has no outstanding debt."
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And something interesting here - it turns out Trump has been targeted for these "bills". For example, Albuquerque decided only to charge Trump, but not anyone else.
https://www.koat.com/article/albuquerque-donald-trump-security-bill/62778446