@skutfarcus : Many are saying these might be lifts. Many.

I've lost count, how many lawsuits now?Video Phones Could Land Donald Trump in Big Trouble
Jan 01, 2024 at 4:40 AM EST
www.newsweek.com/don ald-trump-lawsuit-ma nhattan-video-phone- acn-marketing-t
Donald Trump is facing trial on January 29 for allegedly duping people into investing in a loss-making video phone.

 

The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, New York, in 2018, alleges Trump received millions of dollars in secret payments "to promote and endorse" ACN, a marketing company promoting a new type of video phone.

 

Video phones, popularized in the 2000s, were replaced by smartphones with the video chat feature. Skype introduced video calling in 2006 and Apple popularized video chat with a front-facing camera installed in its iPhone in 2010.

 

The lawsuit alleges that Trump promoted the product on the TV show Celebrity Apprentice without disclosing that ACN was paying him.

 

The current Republican frontrunner for 2024 allegedly said at the time that ACN's video phones were doing "half-a-billion dollars' worth of sales a year."

 

"Trump also told investors that he had 'experienced the opportunity' and 'done a lot of research,' and that his endorsement was 'not for any money.' Not a word of this was true," the lawsuit states. Newsweek sought email comment on Saturday from Donald Trump's attorney, John Lauro, and from Roberta Kaplan, the attorney representing the plaintiffs.

 

Trump has already been deposed in the case, which is among a large line of criminal and civil trials the former president is facing in 2024.

 

"Trump told prospective investors that "[y]ou have a great opportunity before you at ACN without any of the risks most entrepreneurs have to take," according to the 161-page complaint filed in 2018.

 

The lawsuit alleges Trump received secret payments for inviting two of the founders of ACN into Celebrity Apprentice, the reality show that Trump hosted.

 

In 2018, ACN began marketing a video phone that was "essentially a desktop, wired telephone with a video screen and webcam in addition to the usual handset and keypad," according to the lawsuit. It was only compatible with other ACN phones and subscriptions.

 

"Trump repeatedly praised ACN's 'great product'-its 'new ACN Video Phone.' But ACN's video phone was anything but great-the product was doomed almost from the outset," the plaintiff's complaint states.
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^^^^ surprised??? ^^^^

@CCubs :
Grifters gonna grift.

@skutfarcus : YEP.

Grifters gonna grift.
Liars gonna lie.
Whiners gonna whine.
Cheaters gonna cheat.
Con Men gonna con.

@CCubs : WearePeoriadotcom'ers can dish it out but can't take it.

Meanwhile in FL, the imitation Village People were already booked. Wouldn't the whole evening basically be a two track repeat of Ice, Ice Baby and Rollin' in my 5.0 (deep cut)?

@mypeez :
MAGA A-listers.
Didn't Ice have a reality show where he built decks and patios?

"Rock band Green Day altered the lyrics of their well-known song American Idiot to criticize Donald Trump during a televised New Year's Eve performance.During a set on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, the lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong, replaced the line "I'm not a part of a redneck agenda" with "I'm not a part of the Maga agenda". The song was originally released to criticize former president George Bush in 2004."
www.theguardian.com/ music/2024/jan/01/gr een-day-new-years-ev e-trump-america

@skutfarcus :
I like Green Day's music, have that CD. Of course, the MAGAs are up in arms, saying their music is terrible, etc.
But nothing stops them or supporters from chanting "FJB" at NASCAR races or putting out signs.