Asheville Forces Felon To Pay In Advance For Rally

Newsweek reports:

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign was forced to pay more than $82,000 in advance for this week’s rally in Asheville, North Carolina.

Trump is set to take the stage at Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Wednesday after paying $82,247.60 to the city for a “last-minute” rally, according to Blue Ridge Public Radio.

Trump has a long history of failing to pay cities for billed rally fees, leaving the White House in January 2021 with at least $850,000 in unpaid rally debt. Most of the bills are still unpaid, including more than $500,000 owed to the city of El Paso, Texas.

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With Trump still owing $800K to municipalities around the country to cover unpaid fees from his 2020 rallies, Asheville demanded their money up front. Most of this money Trump refuses to pay is used to cover police that towns have to pay overtime to. https://t.co/UqI6W5MbMm

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 14, 2024

Trump has stiffed people for decades. That is why he has been involved in over 4,000 lawsuits. He forces contractors and people he does business with to hire lawyers to sue him to get him to pay what he owes. His own comptroller testified he was ordered by Trump to stiff people.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 14, 2024