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Dec 1, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
New: Why Cornel West Is Broke
Newly uncovered divorce filings reveal allegations of a “secret life” & help explain why the presidential candidate, who has earned millions of dollars over the years, has hardly anything left
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Cornel West has earned an estimated $15 million or so over the last 30 years.
But oddly, as he mounts an independent run for president, his net worth resembles that of a first-year adjunct professor.
Today NY AG Letitia James filed a motion for a preliminary injunction "seeking several measures to stop Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization’s ongoing fraudulent scheme and ensure funds are available to satisfy any disgorgement award..."
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"Attorney General James is also seeking the court’s permission to serve Mr. Trump and Eric Trump electronically, as both defendants and their counsels have refused to accept service of the complaints for almost a month. "
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Oct 12, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
John Ratcliffe is terminating his congressional campaign.
But not before it paid his wife $43,500.
And paid $11,000 to the firm that designed his personal website.
forbes.com/sites/zachever…@Forbes In October 2021, a Russian cybercriminal group called Grief claimed to have hacked the NRA and posted 13 of the organization’s files to a site on the dark web.
Update: @Forbes' tracker of Donald Trump's legal problems now includes a suit brought by tenants of rent-controlled buildings once owned by Fred Trump.
It's just 1 of now 34 investigations and lawsuits we're monitoring.
forbes.com/sites/zachever…@FEC@Forbes In July 2021, a tipster pointed out that Trump's former DNI John Ratcliffe was paying his wife $3,000/month to manage the books of his old campaign.