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The $500,000 GoFundMe Charity Campaign for Wealthy Ex-FBI Official McCabe Is Obscene
Posted on 4/1/18 at 8:56 am
Posted on 4/1/18 at 8:56 am
IN THE MIDST of all of this need, struggle, misery and deprivation, a just-created online charity fund is enjoying massive success and an extraordinary outpouring of donations from small donors. It has become one of the most successful pages on the popular GoFundMe site: a campaign to raise money for former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe (pictured, above, next to Attorney General Jeff Sessions last year). Created just 48 hours ago with the goal of raising $250,000 for McCabe’s “legal defense fund,” it has already doubled that amount — to over $500,000 — and shows no sign of slowing down, as donations continue to pour in as of publication of this article.
The funds will be used for his attorneys’ fees for various legal fights he faces. Those courtroom battles relate to a report from the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General which recommended that McCabe’s be fired after its investigators found that he repeatedly and deliberately lied to the FBI about his role in various leaks. Any amounts left over from this fund will be donated to a non-profit group designated by McCabe.
The original impetus for a charity drive for McCabe seems to have come from Silicon Valley investor Jason Calacanis, who two weeks ago announced on Twitter that, at the age of 47, he finally got motivated by someone’s suffering to create his very first ever GoFundMe campaign: one designed to raise funds that would go to McCabe personally. Calacanis ultimately announced he was terminating the campaign and would transfer the modest funds he received to the new fund drive for McCabe’s legal defense.
That new charity campaign received a huge boost yesterday when MSNBC’s beloved-by-Democrats host Rachel Maddow tweeted a link to the new GoFundMe campaign for McCabe to her 9.4 million followers. At the time of Maddow’s tweet — which has now been re-tweeted by 4,000 people and “liked” by another 11,000 — McCabe’s fund had $100,000. Less than 24 hours after Maddow’s viral tweet, the amount quintupled to a half-million dollars.
So here’s the nation’s 14th highest-paid TV star, just behind Blake Shelton of The Voice and the stars of Grey’s Anatomy, who earns at least $7 million per year from her Comcast salary alone (i.e, beyond her book and appearance income), successfully encouraging small donors who follow and watch her to charitably donate their money to a rich federal police officer who is married to a doctor and who lives in an extremely expensive home in the the richest county of the world’s wealthiest nation.
The next time you’re feeling pessimistic about the nature of humanity, just reflect on this touching act of compassion and empathy for the needy. By the way, the now-closed GoFundMe campaign for the family of Stephon Clark — the 22-year-old father of two young children who, while he was unarmed after he ran to his grandmother’s backyard, was gunned down by Sacramento Police with seven bullets in his back, while he took 10 minutes to die as the police officers who shot him did not call for medical help — generated $83,000 in donations, or 1/7 of what has been raised (thus far) for McCabe.
theintercept.com
The funds will be used for his attorneys’ fees for various legal fights he faces. Those courtroom battles relate to a report from the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General which recommended that McCabe’s be fired after its investigators found that he repeatedly and deliberately lied to the FBI about his role in various leaks. Any amounts left over from this fund will be donated to a non-profit group designated by McCabe.
The original impetus for a charity drive for McCabe seems to have come from Silicon Valley investor Jason Calacanis, who two weeks ago announced on Twitter that, at the age of 47, he finally got motivated by someone’s suffering to create his very first ever GoFundMe campaign: one designed to raise funds that would go to McCabe personally. Calacanis ultimately announced he was terminating the campaign and would transfer the modest funds he received to the new fund drive for McCabe’s legal defense.
That new charity campaign received a huge boost yesterday when MSNBC’s beloved-by-Democrats host Rachel Maddow tweeted a link to the new GoFundMe campaign for McCabe to her 9.4 million followers. At the time of Maddow’s tweet — which has now been re-tweeted by 4,000 people and “liked” by another 11,000 — McCabe’s fund had $100,000. Less than 24 hours after Maddow’s viral tweet, the amount quintupled to a half-million dollars.
So here’s the nation’s 14th highest-paid TV star, just behind Blake Shelton of The Voice and the stars of Grey’s Anatomy, who earns at least $7 million per year from her Comcast salary alone (i.e, beyond her book and appearance income), successfully encouraging small donors who follow and watch her to charitably donate their money to a rich federal police officer who is married to a doctor and who lives in an extremely expensive home in the the richest county of the world’s wealthiest nation.
The next time you’re feeling pessimistic about the nature of humanity, just reflect on this touching act of compassion and empathy for the needy. By the way, the now-closed GoFundMe campaign for the family of Stephon Clark — the 22-year-old father of two young children who, while he was unarmed after he ran to his grandmother’s backyard, was gunned down by Sacramento Police with seven bullets in his back, while he took 10 minutes to die as the police officers who shot him did not call for medical help — generated $83,000 in donations, or 1/7 of what has been raised (thus far) for McCabe.
theintercept.com
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:12 am to cajunangelle
Seems like there may be a groundswell of folks who think McCabe got a raw deal, no?
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:13 am to boosiebadazz
Or one or two people doing most of it themselves
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:15 am to boosiebadazz
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Seems like there may be a groundswell of folks who think McCabe got a raw deal, no?
I just pledged $100 for board agitation purposes.
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:18 am to boosiebadazz
And when the IG report comes out/he is charged, they will have wasted their money.
I seriously hope he loses his house over this!
I seriously hope he loses his house over this!
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:21 am to Lakeboy7
quote:"I'll take 'Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire' for $500, Alex."
I just pledged $100 for board agitation purposes.
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:23 am to cajunangelle
This money wouldn't be subject to the EO recently signed would it?
That would be epic if he lost it all for aiding foreign governments in human rights violations.
That would be epic if he lost it all for aiding foreign governments in human rights violations.
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:24 am to boosiebadazz
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Seems like there may be a groundswell of folks who think McCabe got a raw deal, no?
You misspelled “groundswell of liberals who support a corrupt politicized fbi and the criminalization of politics” I.E. trying to jail anyone who is a threat to their uniparty rule.
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:26 am to cajunangelle
It just show how far the far-left nutjobs will go to protect their deep state felons/moles. It's all about the cause.
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:27 am to Bunyan
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And when the IG report comes out/he is charged, they will have wasted their money.
Thats not how it works.
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:28 am to Lakeboy7
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Thats not how it works.
So having a legal team means you get out of federal charges?
Please tell me how that works?
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:31 am to 90proofprofessional
I donated to Flynn, the FBI said he didn’t lie
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:31 am to 90proofprofessional
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did flynn do this?
Flynn was charged was he not?
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:33 am to TaderSalad
the money issue in both cases is the cost of legal defense right?
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:34 am to cajunangelle
Honestly can't fathom the kind of thinking behind donating to this shite
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:35 am to 90proofprofessional
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the money issue in both cases is the cost of legal defense right?
I assume so. I was simply pointing out that trying to compare them at this point in the game is premature.
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:37 am to boosiebadazz
quote:Conversely, there may be a groundswell of folks who think McCabe holds the key to Pandora's Box, and they want him to keep that key deep in his pocket.
Seems like there may be a groundswell of folks who think McCabe got a raw deal, no?
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:38 am to TaderSalad
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Flynn was charged was he not?
McCabe will be arrested, it’s just a matter of time.
Posted on 4/1/18 at 9:38 am to boosiebadazz
quote:Honestly, while $500K is obviously a lot of money to him..............it's actually an amazingly small amount given the level of notoriety for his case.
Seems like there may be a groundswell of folks who think McCabe got a raw deal, no?
If everyone only donated $1, this "groundswell" would amount to one quarter of one percent of American adults.
When you consider all donations were NOT $1 and there were likely some fairly large sums donated, I'd say it looks a lot like Americans don't give a rat's frick about McCabe's defense.
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