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Newsome used his PAC to purchase $1.5 million worth of his book or 2/3 of all sales.

Posted on 4/16/26 at 6:50 pm
Posted by Night Vision
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 6:50 pm
Posted by captainFid
Never apologize to barbarism
Member since Dec 2014
10206 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 6:55 pm to

Then donates them, gives them away and takes the additional tax deduction.

Can't wait until I see one of the street homeless using it's pages as toilet paper or for the camp fire.
Posted by mikesliveisacheater
Member since Nov 2009
1440 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:02 pm to
The Dems really do come up with new and inventive ways to launder money.

First it was Hunter Biden finger paintings, then aid for Ukraine, and now this.
Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
32009 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:07 pm to
Gavin may be more vain, egotistical, and conceited than Trump.
Posted by Cito2point0
Member since Aug 2024
189 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:08 pm to
A quick google search will tell you this seems common.

quote:

Key Instances of PAC Book Purchases
Mike Pompeo (2023): Champion American Values PAC paid $42,000 to Bulkbooks.com on the release day of Never Give An Inch.
Kamala Harris (2026): Fight for the People PAC paid $97,524 to a publishing house in January 2026.
Gavin Newsom (2026): According to the New York Times, the California Governor’s PAC, Campaign for Democracy, spent heavily on books.
Mike Pence (2023): His PAC spent $91,000 on his book, aiding its bestseller status, according to Forbes.
Donald Trump Jr. (2019/2024): The RNC spent nearly $100,000 in 2019 and $217,402 in 2024 on his books/services, reports New York Times.
Ted Cruz (2021): Campaign spent $154,000 on One Vote Away, prompting complaints of personal enrichment, notes the Washington Post.
Sarah Palin (2010): Used her super PAC to buy $63,000 worth of Going Rogue to send to donors, says the Christian Science Monitor.


Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
13693 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:11 pm to
“Book sales” are a massive grift for Dem politicians.
Posted by TrueTiger
Chicken's most valuable
Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:14 pm to
Looks like an illegal laundering operation to me.
Posted by BuzzSaw 12
The Dark Side Of The Moon
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:15 pm to
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
9663 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:16 pm to
Any book deal for a Politician in the last 25 years is 100% money laundering.
Posted by Crimson Wraith
Member since Jan 2014
29965 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:27 pm to
dims have done it for years.
Posted by Cito2point0
Member since Aug 2024
189 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:00 pm to
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dims have done it for years.


Notorious dems like Don jr, Mike Pompeo, Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz….
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:04 pm to
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everyone has done it for years.

Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:05 pm to
And the retarded progressives on this boar will deny that is how the Dems launder money
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:10 pm to
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Then donates them, gives them away and takes the additional tax deduction.

I don't think that's possible. He would not own the books so he could not donate them. The grift seems to be that he gets the profit from the book sales. So he turns maybe 30% of the political contributions into income.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
54922 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

First it was Hunter Biden finger paintings, then aid for Ukraine, and now this.

Clinton foundation? All donations stopped on election night, 2016.

Jared Kushner getting billions of Saudi money for his private equity fund.
Posted by TimeOutdoors
LA
Member since Sep 2014
13382 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:16 pm to
Books, paintings, etc. this isn’t anything new.
Posted by Sweep Da Leg
Member since Sep 2013
3215 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:33 pm to
For all politicians
Posted by Tigergreg
Metairie
Member since Feb 2005
25604 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:34 pm to
He is such a loser.
Posted by djmed
Member since Aug 2020
4000 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:41 pm to
Perpetual grift
I vote for funding
Somehow funding is used to further securing funding . I can use funding for various expenses. You know, day to day ??
Posted by Zahrim
McCamey Texas
Member since Mar 2009
8128 posts
Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:46 pm to
quote:

The Dems really do come up with new and inventive ways to launder money.


This is an old grift both sides use
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