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April 8, 2024

Trump Raises $50M in Lavish Fundraiser as He Promises More Billionaire Tax Cuts If Reelected
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Donald Trump pulled in $50 million at a campaign fundraiser hosted by
the billionaire hedge fund investor John Paulson. At the fundraising
dinner in Florida, Trump told supporters he would extend his 2017 tax
cuts which aided billionaires.

Meanwhile, Pro Publica is reporting Trump's legal team may have violated
ethics rules by not telling an appellate court that a billionaire
financier had agreed to help Trump post the full $464 million bond set
by the court in his civil fraud case. Despite the offer from billionaire
Don Hankey, Trump's lawyers told the court it was a "practical
impossibility" to pay the original bond, which was then lowered to $175
million.


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