FORMER Trump campaign boss Brad Parscale is reportedly under investigation for stealing up to $50million from the president’s 2020 campaign and the Republican National Committee.
Reports of the probe come just days after Parscale was involuntarily committed to a hospital after being tackled and arrested by a SWAT team after a worrying incident at his Florida home.
Parscale had reportedly been making “suicidal comments throughout the week” before his hospitalization, and on Sunday he was reportedly “ranting and raving” while holding a gun.
The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday that Parscale is under investigation for stealing between $25 and $40million from the president’s 2020 campaign, and for allegedly pocketing another $10million from the RNC.
Steve Guest, the RNC’s rapid response director, denied the Mail’s reporting on Tuesday, saying: ‘This report is categorically false. There is no audit or investigation of Brad at the RNC.”
On Sunday, Parscale’s wife, Candice, was seen fleeing their home in her bikini and told police that she thought she heard a gunshot.
Their waterfront home was surrounded by cops and Parscale was observed in the home drinking and talking to himself, according to reports.
He was eventually brought out by officers, and 10 guns – including six handguns, two shotguns, and two rifles – were confiscated, according to reports.
His wife reportedly told cops that Parscale had been stressed for the past two weeks and had been making suicidal comments.
A source told the Daily Mail that Parscale had been spiraling since he was demoted from his position in the Trump campaign in July, and he was worrying that the “gravy train” may come to an end.
Several reports claimed that the president was displeased with Parscale after a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma drew only a small crowd – and he was demoted to a previous role in digital and data strategy.
Trump later ordered an audit of the RNC’s spending, according to the Mail’s source.
The Mail’s source said that what Parscale did with the campaign money “could” be legal, but he still feared his lavish lifestyle would be coming to an end after being demoted.
Parscale has not been shy about the fact that working for Trump – which he began in 2011 – has made him a wealthy man.
He was reportedly making $15,000 a month when he was working as the campaign’s manager.
“I make no secret of the fact that working for the Trump family made me a wealthy man well before I ever became President Trump’s campaign manager,” he told the Daily Mail last year.
“The president is an excellent businessman and being associated with him for years has been extremely beneficial to my family.”
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.
