You all remember the ‘We Build the Wall’ fund, right?
So many conservatives flocked to donate to this fund that they all thought was going to go 100% to building a border wall.
The GoFundMe account raised millions of dollars, but it was all a lie.
It angers me to no end since so many good people donated to this cause since the one who put it together was triple-amputee war veteran, Brian Kolfage.
He was the good guy.
The man who gave up three limbs in service for his country, but that was not the truth of this man, and I personally know that since I worked for him many moons ago when he owned the widely popular site, ‘Freedom Daily’.
However, after a year I was fired for not wanting to write fake news or turning on a friend and colleague that Kolfage did not like.
A year after that occurred, the ‘We Build the Wall’ campaign began, and I and a close friend, Lindsay Lowery knew that there was something fishy about it all.
Sadly, no one wanted to hear our warnings or any other conservative who questioned Kolfage’s real motives.
Fast forward to the present day and Kolfage and Andrew Badolato have both pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Kolfage also admitted to filing false tax returns to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service from discovering the hundreds of thousands of dollars he stole from the “We Build the Wall” GoFundMe campaign.
Kolfage and Badolato told the court, that they knew they were deceiving their donors, as the online campaign raised millions of dollars, in brief remarks at their plea hearing.
It was clear to Kolfage that “what I was doing was wrong and criminal,” he said after admitting to misleading donors that he would not receive a salary from the campaign’s coffers.
That’s why Badolato added that they claimed they wouldn’t take any money from the fund to “bolster the reputation and in turn generate more donations.”
“I’m terribly, terribly sorry,” he said.
Here is more from Wayne Dupree:
Ashley Kolfage, a self-described “brand influencer” and energy drink model, is married to Iraq War veteran Kolfage, who spent the money on a lavish lifestyle in Florida.
An indictment states that he spent some $350,000 of donated funds on home improvements, boat payments, a luxury SUV and golf cart, jewelry, and cosmetic surgery, as well as credit card debt.
As part of his plea agreement, prosecutors have agreed to recommend a maximum sentence of five years in prison for Kolfage when he is sentenced in September.
Badolato’s maximum sentence will be four years.
A third person involved in the case, Timothy Shea has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to go on trial in Manhattan federal court next month on that charge.
It was recently revealed that Shea intends to use Steve Bannon as a witness in his case in court.
A number of former Trump administration officials, including chief strategist Steve Bannon, were indicted in connection with the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Bannon was spared federal prosecution because Trump granted him clemency on the eve of his departure from office in January 2020.
