Lofgren spoke after the committee’s hearing Monday and highlighted the $ 250 million raised by the Save America PAC campaign and Trump. But those entities did not pay Guilfoyle’s pay, people who know the payment told CNN. The payment came from Turning Point Action, a subsidiary of Turning Point USA, a youth organization started by Charlie Kirk, who is a close friend of Trump Jr. On Tuesday, Lofgren defended her previous comments about Guilfoyle’s pay during an interview with Wolf Blitzer, saying she did not think she had misinterpreted the payment as coming from part of the Trump-linked network. “The question is, do the Trump people benefit from all this money-raising business around the so-called stop the steal,” Lofgren told Blitzer. “And the answer is yes.” Neither Guilfoy nor her lawyer responded to requests for comment. Turning Point declined to comment. During Monday’s hearing, the commission showed a video presentation by a senior investigator explaining how Trump used false allegations of electoral fraud to raise $ 250 million from donors. According to the researcher, the fundraising emails indicated that the money would go to an election defense fund, but the researcher said that most of the money went to Save America, a PAC in favor of Trump. Lofgren appeared on CNN shortly after this presentation and revealed the payment to Gilfoyl as an example of “misfortune”. Tapper asked if the commission found “evidence that Trump and his family” personally benefited “from donations.” “For example, we know that Guilfoyle was paid for the introduction she made in her January 6 speech. “He was compensated for that,” Lofgren said. “I do not say it is a crime, but I say it is evil.” President Bennie Thompson was summoned by CNN late Monday to clarify whether Guilfoyle was paid “Stop the Steal” funds. “I did not say that,” Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, told CNN, adding: Thompson noted that the payment was still something that the public, including Trump supporters, did not know at the time of the speech. “First of all, we think the majority of the public would be worried that if Donald Trump’s girlfriend (Jr.) made $ 60,000 for a few minutes, they had no idea. “He had to be paid to talk about something. Everyone else ended up because they thought it was the right thing to do.” CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct the name of the organization that paid Guilfoyle for its January 6, 2021 speech.
