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Kanishka Singh

Missouri, Texas to probe GoFundMe over restrictions on Canada trucker donations

Commercial Trucks idle on the side of the expressway after the Ambassador Bridge to Canada shut down in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., February 8, 2022. Picture taken February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

The attorneys general of Missouri and Texas said on Wednesday they will probe GoFundMe over the decision by the crowd funding service to take down a page for a fundraising campaign that supports protesting truck drivers in Canada who oppose mandated COVID-19 vaccines.

"The crowd-funding platform's integrity has come into question after it removed a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign for the Canadian truckers 'Freedom Convoy' which is protesting vaccine mandates", Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Wednesday.

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