{"id":77083,"date":"2020-11-28T15:36:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T14:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77083"},"modified":"2020-11-28T15:36:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T14:36:31","slug":"pro-trump-donor-sues-to-get-his-money-back-after-dropped-election-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pro-trump-donor-sues-to-get-his-money-back-after-dropped-election-lawsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Trump donor \u00a0sues to get his money back after dropped election lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1684614282453484385\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">A North Carolina donor who gave $2.5 million to a group promising to help President Donald Trump&#8217;s effort to overturn the results of the general election is now suing to get his money back.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Fred Eshelman,\u00a0who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republicans in 2020, according to Federal Election\u00a0Commission data, says in his lawsuit that the organization True the Vote had not fulfilled the conditions of his monetary gift.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The organization disputes the lawsuit&#8217;s claims as &#8220;not accurate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/true-the-vote.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/true-the-vote.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606659954245000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF-8l_yUUz0KOhmiD8uYSC599OkEQ\">the suit filed Wednesday<\/a>, Eshelman allegedly wired $2 million on Nov. 5 and an additional $500,000 on Nov. 13 that was intended to be put toward True the Vote&#8217;s &#8220;Validate the Vote&#8221; strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The initiative was designed to investigate and litigate\u00a0claims of voter fraud and &#8220;solicit whistleblower testimonies,&#8221; &#8220;build public momentum,&#8221; &#8220;galvanize Republican legislative support in key states,&#8221; &#8220;analyze data to identify patterns of election subversion&#8221; and &#8220;file lawsuits &#8230; with the capacity to be heard by the Supreme Court of the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit also states that an attorney for the group, Jim Bopp, said $1 million would be returned if Eshelman agreed not to sue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A North Carolina donor who gave $2.5 million to a group promising to help President Donald Trump&#8217;s effort to overturn the results of the general election is now suing to&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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