(TheRedWire.com) – Former President Donald Trump has been accused of grifting following the recent reports that he had provided $155,000 from a super PAC to his wife, Melania Trump, in 2021.
In December 2021, Melania Trump received a payment from Make America Great Again. However, that payment was not included in any of the federal reports. Still, on Thursday, when Trump made an expenditure disclosure feeling the price was visible.
The New York Times reported that Melania Trump had received the payment for a “speaking engagement.” Last year, when the PAC’s expenditures were released, Trump’s wife was omitted. This is despite the recent report, which showed two separate pieces, one made on December 2 and a second on December 3, 2021. The two payments were for $155,000, with $125,000 and $30,000 being paid to “Designer’s Management Agency.”
The Federal Election Commission had listed the payments as “event planning and consulting.” However, the new financial disclosures showed that $155,000 had been paid from Trump to his wife on December 2, 2021.
These recent reports have caused even further criticism against Trump, who is running to win a second term at the White House. Trump is facing several legal troubles and cases and has been indicted twice. However, that has not reduced his rankings in the polls, where he leads the Republican presidential primary.
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson posted on Twitter, following these revelations, that political leaders should be working to enrich Americans and not themselves.
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