President Donald Inauguration Donors Contained 'Phony Numbers A Front Groups' | All In

>>> THE PRESIDENT'S INAUGURATION RAISED A RECORD-BREAKING
$107 MILLION, AND TO THIS DAY, WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE BIG
CHUNKS OF THAT MONEY CAME FROM. WITH HELPS FROM HUNDREDS OF
VOLUNTEERS PORING OVER PAGES AND PAGES OF FILINGS, "THE
HUFFINGTON POST'S" CHRISTINA WILKIE TURNED UP EVIDENCE THAT
SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S DONORS WERE RECORDED INCORRECTLY OR MAY
HAVE EVEN TRIED TO HIDE THEIR IDENTITIES.
NOW THANKS TO WILKIE AND HER CROWD SOURCED REPORTING, THE
PRESIDENT'S INAUGURAL COMMITTEE IS ADMITTING ITS FINANCIAL
REPORT WAS RIDDLED WITH ERRORS. VOWING TO CORRECT THE MANY
FAULTY DONOR RECORDS. THEY EVEN RESOLVED THE CASE OF
ONE ISABEL T. JOHN WHO GAVE A REPORTED $400,000 TO THE
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE AND WHO DOES NOT SEEM TO EXIST.
HER LISTED ADDRESS IN NEW JERSEY IS AN EMPTY LOT.
ACCORDING TO A SPOKESPERSON, ISABEL AND JOHN TA NELLIE ARE
THE REAL DONORS AND THE DONATION WAS MADE BY WIR TRANSFER FROM
CITI BACK WHICH USED THAT ADDRESS TO FACILITATE THE
TRANSFER. I'M JOINED BY CHRISTINA WILKIE,
WHITE HOUSE REPORTER FOR "THE HUFFINGTON POST."
CHRISTINA, YOU'VE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK ON THIS.
IT SEEMS TO ME A LOT OF THIS IS PRETTY SHODDY IN TERMS OF WHAT'S
ACTUALLY IN THAT DOCUMENT. >> YES.
I THINK THE WORD YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS PROBABLY NEGLIGENT.
YOU KNOW, THIS WAS -- THESE ARE CAMPAIGN -- NOT CAMPAIGN.
THEY'RE INAUGURAL CONTRIBUTIONS, SO THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
ARE SERIOUS. AND THE FTC REQUIRES THAT YOU
REPORT NOT ONLY THE NAME OF THE DONOR, BUT THAT DONOR'S ADDRESS.
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REPORT THE ROUTING ADDRESS OF YOUR BANK AS
YOUR ADDRESS. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO REPORT THE
ADDRESS OF A FRIEND OF YOURS WHO GAVE YOU THEIR ACCESS CODE TO
USE. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WRITE YOUR
COMPANY'S NAME AND THEN JUST A CITY AND STATE.
AND ALL OF THESE HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THIS 500-PAGE
DOCUMENT. >> YOU'VE ALSO GOT THESE LLCs
WHERE WE JUST DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHO'S GIVING THE
MONEY HERE. WE'RE NOT TALKING $100, $200,
WE'RE TALKING $25,000. JAN CASTLE, WILL LLC, ADDRESS
LISTED AS A P.O. BOX. WHO KNOWS?
THAT'S JUST LIKE A MYSTERY DONATION FROM OUT OF NOWHERE TO
THE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT.
>> THAT WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, THAT THE INAUGURAL
COMMITTEE IS LOOKING FOR. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO
THIS IS. YOU KNOW, SO COMPANIES ARE
ALLOWED TO DONATE TO INAUGURAL COMMITTEES, AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS THAT THERE'S SO MUCH MONEY HERE AND THAT THERE'S SUCH
BIG NUMBERS. BUT WHAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
DO IS USE A FULL SHELL CORPORATION.
SO YOUR COMPANY HAS TO BE OPERATIONAL.
IT HAS TO BE REAL AND DO SOMETHING.
AND SO WHEN WE SAW THIS COMPANY THAT HAD BEEN FOUNDED JUST EIGHT
WEEKS BEFORE, CHANCES ARE IN EIGHT WEEKS THEY HAVEN'T HAD
ENOUGH TIME TO DO ENOUGH OF ANYTHING TO MAKE THAT $25,000
THAT THEY THEN TURNED OVER TO THE TRUMP INAUGURATION.
SO IT REALLY SHOULD -- I MEAN IT RAISES BIG RED FLAGS, AND IT'S
EXACTLY THE KIND OF SHELL CORPORATION -- THIS IS PART OF
THE REASON YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE STRAIGHT CORPORATE MONEY TO
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, BECAUSE ONCE YOU OPEN UP THAT DOOR, IT
BECOMES REALLY HARD ALL OF A SUDDEN TO TELL WHO IS WHO.
>> RIGHT. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
THIS IS ANOTHER PERFECT EXAMPLE. IT'S FEC RECORD FOR FRANK A-ROD
RIG EASY, ANOTHER $25,000 FROM SINGAPORE.
SAYS U.S. CITIZENSHIP VERIFIED BUT THE LISTED ADDRESS DOESN'T
SEEM TO EXIST. AGAIN, IS THAT A -- I MEAN THE
QUESTION IN ALL THIS STUFF AND PARTLY BECAUSE SOME OF THIS
STUFF IS SHOWN TO BE ERRORS, IS IT ERROR OR DECEPTION?
THAT IS SORT OF THE CORE QUESTION TO ME.
>> RIGHT. IT REALLY IS THE DONOR HAS AN
OBLIGATION TO REPORT THEMSELVES ACCURATELY.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DECEPTION, ARGUABLY IT WOULD BE
ON THE SIDE OF SOME OF THESE -- YOU KNOW, OF THESE NO-NAME,
SHELL LLCS. BUT THERE'S ALSO A
RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PART OF THE COMMITTEE, ESPECIALLY WHEN
THEY'RE TAKING ENORMOUS DONATIONS LIKE THIS ISABEL T.
JOHN, THIS $400,000. FOR THEM TO VERIFY WHO THIS
MONEY IS COMING FROM SO THAT THEY REPORT IT CORRECTLY BY THE
LAW. >> YEAH.
>> SO, YEAH, ALL WE KNOW IS THAT RODRIGUEZ LIVES IN A SEEDY PART
OF SINGAPORE, AND THAT'S IT.

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