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Anna Massoglia
@annalecta
Publisher of InfluenceBrief.com • Editor of @MuckRock & Sunlight Research Desk • Views my own, not legal advice • On social media hiatus until 2026
NC ✈ Washington, DC
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Jan 22, 2021
    NEW: former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign disclosed paying people & firms behind the January 6 rally before rioters stored the US Capitol *OVER $2.7 MILLION*—but secretive shell companies & "dark money" hide details of Trump ties to those protests crp.org/ttdcp
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Jul 16, 2020
    New @FEC filing: Trump Victory paid ~$400,000 to Trump Hotel in Q2 alone—steering over $3 MILLION in donations from presidential campaign donors to Trump family, properties & businesses with his 2020 re-election campaign & Trump MAGA joint fundraising cmte—$17.4M+ counting 2016
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Oct 5, 2017
    Saudi Arabia king's golden escalator stairs got stuck coming out of his airplane into Moscow in Russia yesterday. x.com/EnglishRussia1…
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Feb 1, 2020
    Replying to @annalecta @FEC and 2 others
    New @FEC filing: Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign paid $194,247.57 to Trump family members, properties & businesses in the final quarter of last year alone—steering over $1.8 MILLION in donations from presidential campaign donors to @realDonaldTrump's private interests.
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Jan 21, 2018
    Mar-a-Lago guests paying $100k or more per couple to attend Trump’s inauguration anniversary political fundraising fala—which Eric & Don Jr attended in President Trump’s stead due to the shutdown—are apparent “traumatized” by scooping caviar with plastic spoons.
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Mar 19, 2020
    SCOOP: NC's GOP Senator Richard Burr told the public he was confident the govt can fight off COVID-19 the same time he & his wife sold up to ~$1.5 million stock in major corporations that ended up losing most of their value during the coronavirus pandemic crp.org/bscv
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Jan 27, 2021
    New records show a mysterious Hawaii LLC that gave $150k to a super PAC backing Susan Collins' re-election in Maine is run by a defense contractor accused of fraud & money laundering. Senator Collins helped his firm get an $8M taxpayer-funded govt contract axios.com/susan-collins-…
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Jan 3, 2020
    Coachella owner Philip Anschutz & his wife donated over $1.2 MILLION to the Republican Party, GOP candidates & political groups since the start of 2018 midterms—plus he was probed in Senate hearings over ties to even more "dark money" backing Trump Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch
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    Jan 3, 2020
    Weekend 1 is sold out 🌴 Register for Weekend 2 presale at Coachella.com. Presale starts Monday 1/6 at 12pm PT
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Nov 2, 2020
    Fascinating dataviz of political contributions by occupation & employer in Election 2020: Donald Trump's top donors include NYPD, U.S. Marines, ranchers & homeowners. Facebook employees, university professors & others in academia gave more to Joe Biden. bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-…
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Sep 19, 2017
    Lawyer for @netflix puts an end to @Stranger_Things themed pop-up bar with epic cease & desist letter dnainfo.com/chicago/201709…
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    May 9, 2018
    Thoughts and prayers to the @ATT customer support team on Twitter after AT&T admitted it paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the LLC Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen allegedly used to pay Stormy Daniels “hush money” while seeking Trump admin approval of a merger
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Dec 10, 2018
    Replying to @annalecta
    Virginia's consumer affairs office found that Pat Robertson “willfully induced contributions from the public through the use of misleading statements” secretly using funds for cargo planes to aid refugees from Rwanda to transport diamond-mining equipment for his business venture.
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    Anna Massoglia
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    Sep 7, 2017
    Insane local news scoop: Wife of Trump ethics lawyer arrested having sex in a car with 23-year-old inmate fauquier.com/news/court-rec…
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    Anna Massoglia
    @annalecta
    Sep 24, 2018
    If the name Louisa Garry—one of Brett Kavanaugh’s Yale classmates disputing Deborah Ramirez’s sexual misconduct claim— looks familiar, it might because she was recently featured in a pro-Kavanaugh ad by 501(c)(4) "dark money" group Judicial Crisis Network nyer.cm/kR9eyY1