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+ #Trump’s campaign does not acknowledge a single one of these city govts as debt in his #federal #CampaignFinance disclosures.
[ehem #FEC / #IRS]

In #Billings, #Montana, the protective measures put in place for his Sept 2018 rally resulted in 1,362 #overtime hrs between Billings PD & the #Yellowstone County Sheriff’s office: 951 hrs from the former, & 411 hrs from the latter, bringing the total cost to $58,830.

#ItsOnYou #TaxPayers #DeadbeatTrump
#law #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

While the Yellowstone Sheriff’s office did not bill #Trump’s campaign for the $12,930 cost it incurred – a standard practice the office follows for all #political campaigns – #Billings PD did, & as of the publication date of this article [08 Aug 2024 — SIX YEARS LATER], that $45,900 #bill has been left #unpaid.

#ItsOnYou #TaxPayers #DeadbeatTrump
#law #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

Earlier that year, Vice President #MikePence & #DonaldTrumpJr also made stops in #Billings, #Montana. The VP spoke at a public rally on July 25, also at MetraPark, organized by America First Policies. Donald Trump Jr. spoke at the #Republican Convention in Billings on June 22.

Acc/to an internal memo sent to city council on Sept 13, 2018, VP Pence’s July 25 visit required 647.50 hrs of overtime pay, totalling $31,200. Donald Trump Jr.’s visit ran $5k in overtime pay,

bringing the total amount spent by the Billings PD alone on security for #Trump’s campaign rallies in #Billings, #Montana in 2018 to $82,100.

Billings isn’t alone. #Missoula county commissioners also sent a bill to Trump in 2018 for nearly $13k. The county requested $10,835.41 for officer salaries, $1,059.26 for dispatcher salaries, $693.72 for Office of Emergency Management salaries, & $334.43 for misc expenses. Acc/to Missoula County Comms, that bill has also not been paid.

@Nonilex I imagine #Montana’s weird billionaire governor Greg Gianforte is footing the bill for his buddy DonOld McDaughter Lust to speak to his cult in Bozeman today.

Army Girl

@OGjester @Nonilex no way! Why do that when you can stiff the taxpayers?

@ArmyGirl well, if the voters there elected people who would allow that sort of thing to happen, then I guess they have it coming. @Nonilex