On Tuesday, Jan. 6, committee member Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat from California, told CNN that “people were deceived by the former president. “They were deceived into believing that the elections had been stolen and that they had to go to the Capitol, as requested by the president.” “They were convicted – I think the average donation from these fake email requests is something like $ 17. “These were people who were not rich.” “They were deceived by the president. “It was a big lie and it was also a big upset.” “We know that Guilphill was paid for the introduction she made in her January 6 speech. “She was compensated for that,” said Ms Lofgren. “I do not say it is a crime, but I think it is a pity.” Ms. Lofgren said Guillefill received “$ 60,000 for two and a half minutes” in funds raised from donations from Trump supporters who believed the money would be used to challenge President Joe Biden’s election victory in court. “You had money [Trump Chief of Staff] “The Mark Meadows Foundation and another institution that hired Trump supporters who lost their jobs,” said Ms. Lofgren. “So it was not what he said to his donors, it was to defend the election. It was a completely different purpose. “I think it was misleading and it was not right.” “People at Trumpworld are sharing this clip. “They are surprised that this is the amount of money she took for a speech to introduce her boyfriend,” New York Times journalist Maggie Humberman told CNN on Tuesday. Humberman said a former Trump adviser said “these were people who were raising small sums of money from retirees, telling them that this was a legal dispute that did not really happen and that Kimberly Gilfoyle was being paid instead.” Humberman said that’s how Trump’s “ecosystem” works. “There is a level of what often happens around Trump and it should come as no surprise to anyone,” he said. “Donald Trump’s Save America PAC increased nine numbers last year,” said Philip Babb of the Washington Post. “It raised tens of millions of dollars a lot since there was any case for a legal fight against the election results.” “The last lawsuit ended in late 2020, but it still raises tens of millions of dollars from people,” he added. “So it seems that a lot of that money … expresses support for Donald Trump, something I looked at yesterday, he sent 1,700 emails, right. This is something that has been going on for a long time. “It is completely cut off from the election results themselves.”
