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The New York Times reports:
A super PAC aligned with former President Donald J. Trump paid Melania Trump $155,000 in late 2021, an unusual payment that was not visible in the group’s initial federal reports and came to light only in a new filing by Mr. Trump on Thursday. The money was listed as pay for a “speaking engagement” by Ms. Trump in the new filing, a personal financial disclosure by Mr. Trump. The $155,000 payment was made in December 2021 by Make America Great Again, Again, which at the time was Mr. Trump’s leading super PAC.
Ms. Trump’s name, however, did not appear on the super PAC’s list of expenditures, which were made public last year. Instead, the super PAC’s report showed two payments, for $125,000 and $30,000, to “Designer’s Management Agency,” which lists Ms. Trump as a client, according to its website. The December 2021 payment to Ms. Trump coincided with a private fund-raising dinner that the super PAC held at Mar-a-Lago and that Mr. Trump attended. Seats at the dinner were sold for $125,000 each and $250,000 for a couple.
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It appears that Trump’s main super PAC, along with two other Republican groups, made six-figure payments to Melania Trump. The super PAC then failed to accurately report the payments to the FEC, characterizing them as payments to another vendor. https://t.co/RUpvri9N8d
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