The web site for former President Donald Trump’s authorized protection fund seems to have been hacked and defaced over the weekend. As of the writing of this weblog, the defacement continues to be reside on the location and has not been taken down.
The Patriot Legal Defense Fund is a fundraising effort launched roughly every week in the past by high-level members of the Trump staff, with the said purpose of paying off the authorized bills of Trump’s political allies and staffers. Many of these allies and staffers are at present mired within the quite a few, ongoing authorized investigations into the previous President, and are beset by court-related prices. While the Patriot fund has notably stated it received’t be paying the authorized payments for Trump or his household, The Daily Beast not too long ago flagged some potential ethics points involving the group which are most likely price wanting into.
To add to Trump’s troubles, it seems that somebody hacked the fund’s web site on Friday. An archived model of the Patriot fund’s web site reveals that, previous to the hacking, it included Trump’s catchphrase—“Make America Great Again”—and requested guests to “Help DEFEND Donald Trump!!!!” with a monetary donation of some variety. Now, nevertheless, the location says one thing fairly totally different.
The hacker, whoever they’re, crossed out Trump’s identify and appended to the location’s banner “America Is Already Great.” They then posted a rambling screed about “lies” and Trump’s rising record of authorized troubles. It reads, partly:
Donald Trump is in hassle with the regulation in Georgia. This is the fourth time one thing like this has occurred. Everyone is harmless till confirmed responsible, but when somebody retains entering into hassle, we should always take into consideration what meaning about someones character. Can all the folks be flawed who’re deliver legal prices towards him?
The hacker additionally beneficial that guests not “support Trump’s fraudulent” fund and as a substitute give to teams just like the ACLU and different liberal organizations. At the underside of the web page, a hyperlink to a YouTube video in regards to the January sixth hearings was additionally added.