2/ @TheAmandaShea, CFO of We Build the Wall and the wife of one of those indicted, posted on Instagram in 2019:
“I had the absolute pleasure and honor of spending time with President Trump who had a lot of questions about the wall. ... He was impressed …”
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Lexi Churchill Retweeted Amanda Shea
3/ The same day she tweeted about the meeting, adding: “...[I] answered very specific questions about the wall
@WeBuildTheWall built. He said I really know my stuff & our group needs to bid the whole wall project."https://twitter.com/TheAmandaShea/status/1162527261980913664?s=20 …Lexi Churchill added,
Amanda Shea @TheAmandaSheaHad the pleasure of meeting with@realDonaldTrump personally last week in the Hamptons, answered very specific questions about the wall@WeBuildTheWall built. He said I really know my stuff & our group needs to bid the whole wall project. Let's do it: http://bit.ly/2M865M630 replies 1,425 retweets 2,853 likesShow this thread -
4/ Last year, We Build the Wall's CEO
@BrianKolfage claimed to have a back channel to the administration through Bannon and Kris Kobach, the group’s general counsel. “President Trump loves what we are doing,” Kolfage told Gateway Pundit, a far-right news and opinion website.34 replies 1,216 retweets 2,508 likesShow this thread -
5/ Trump’s administration and family also have connections to We Build the Wall’s projects. Donald Trump Jr. visited the El Paso-area fence, calling it “private enterprise at its finest.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlANihUmJbw …
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6/ In November, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf visited the group’s first wall project in Sunland Park, New Mexico. He called it a “game changer” that he “welcomed."
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7/ Neither Shea, Kolfage or the White House responded in time for comment.
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Lexi Churchill Retweeted Donald J. Trump
8/ The president took steps weeks ago to distance himself from a private border project built with support from
@WeBuildTheWall, following a report from@JinATX,@Perla_Trevizo & me showing the new wall was already eroding.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1282276752090431490 …Lexi Churchill added,
Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrumpI disagreed with doing this very small (tiny) section of wall, in a tricky area, by a private group which raised money by ads. It was only done to make me look bad, and perhsps it now doesn’t even work. Should have been built like rest of Wall, 500 plus miles. https://twitter.com/JinATX/status/1280906942475571200 …52 replies 631 retweets 1,419 likesShow this thread -
9/ Read our original reporting detailing the erosion here. Engineers told us the wall should not have been built so close to the river. Tommy Fisher, the constructor behind the wall, says it can be fixed.https://www.propublica.org/article/he-built-a-privately-funded-border-wall-its-already-at-risk-of-falling-down-if-not-fixed …
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10/ We are also following up after today’s indictment. If you’ve donated to We Build the Wall, we want to hear from you. Email me at lexi.churchill@propublica.org. Read more here.https://www.propublica.org/article/private-border-wall-fundraisers-have-been-arrested-on-fraud-charges …
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Replying to @LChurchilll
Where can we donate to the fund that pursues damages and charges against people who destruct federal property? Use the portion of the wall he graffitied as proof. Fair is fair...
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You can donate to us as our litigation against @WeBuildtheWall, @BrianKolfage and @FisherSandG is ongoing. Our next hearing is Sept. 10. We need all the help we can get to continue to expose these fraudsters. https://www.nationalbutterflycenter.org/support-nbc/donate-now …
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