Dear MoveOn member,
On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against Donald Trump and his children for an "astounding" scheme to defraud banks and insurance companies in New York to the tune of $250 million.1
This announcement brings the total number of active legal probes currently looking into Trump to four. And yet, even with lawsuits piling up, Trump is still planning to run for president.
And the most disturbing part: He would almost certainly win the Republican nomination if he did.
Since the FBI executed a legally obtained search warrant on Trump's Mar-a-Lago beach house to recover troves of stolen classified documents, GOP elected officials and the radical MAGA base have rallied around Trump, increasing his approval ratings and helping bring him a windfall of donations.
And if his hand-picked cronies win their races for secretary of state and governor and manage to flip control of Congress in just 45 days, they will be able install him back into the White House in 2024, no matter the real outcome of the election.
This is the final stretch, John, and we need your help right now. Will you start an emergency weekly donation of $3 right now to power our midterm election work through Election Day? (MoveOn will bill your weekly donation to your credit card once a month starting today and will contact you shortly after the election to see if you want to modify or cancel your weekly donation.)
No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
Besides the case brought by Attorney General Letitia James, Trump is also likely involved in an ongoing case in Georgia about his efforts to tamper with the 2020 election results in the state and his request that the Georgia secretary of state "find 11,780 votes" for him.
The Justice Department is also in the middle of an investigation into the January 6 insurrection and other attempts by Trump and his followers to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
And, of course, the investigation into Trump's possible violation of both the Presidential Records Act and the Espionage Act due to his stealing hundreds of classified documents from the White House is also continuing to move forward.
Finally, after so many years of blatant crime and corruption, it appears that we are finally getting closer to Trump's being held accountable for his actions—but be assured, if Republicans are able to take the reins of power in 45 days, they will do everything they can to grind these investigations to a halt to protect Trump and their party from ever facing any consequences.
That's where we come in, John.
Together, we can stop that nightmare scenario from happening, which is why MoveOn made the unprecedented decision earlier this year to invest $30 million—the most in our history—to help Democrats beat back MAGA extremists in this year's midterm elections.
We are using innovative new technologies plus the effective tactics we refined in 2020 to identify and reach out to 6.6 million voters who cast a ballot for the first time in 2018 or 2020. The Black voters, brown voters, Indigenous voters, young voters, poor and marginalized voters who delivered the blue wave and defeated Donald Trump. Those are the voters who will ensure we win in November, and MoveOn's efforts are laser-focused on turning them out again.
It's crunch time, and we need all the help we can get to make it across the finish line. Please, if you are able, chip in $3 a week through Election Day to power us to victory. (MoveOn will bill your weekly donation to your credit card once a month starting today and will contact you shortly after the election to see if you want to modify or cancel your weekly donation.)
No, I'm sorry, I can't chip in weekly.
Thanks for all you do.
–Chris, Amanda, Evelyn, Manny, and the rest of the team
Source:
1. "New York attorney general sues Trump, accuses him of 'astounding' fraud and deception", Vox, September 21, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/168087?t=6&akid=333178%2E40999114%2E_Y_Sjg
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