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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Kimberly Guilfoyle was paid $60k to introduce Trump before Capitol riot, Jan 6 committee member claims

Copyright 2020 Jacquelyn Martin. All rights reserved.

Donald Trump’s political action committee allegedly pulled a “grift” on the American people, shelling out $60,000 from donated funds to Donald Trump Jr’s fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle. The payday was for a brief, two-and-a-half minute speech before the former president’s infamous 6 January, 2021, rally in Washington, according to a member of the 6 January investigative committee in Congress.

“These weren’t rich people,” representative Zoe Lofgren of California told CNN on Monday. “They were conned by the president. It was a big lie and it was also a big rip-off.”

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