CHICAGO — In the midst of President Donald Trump's interview today with Black journalists, a person created a federal super PAC that uses the N-word, according to an official filing with the Federal Election Commission that Raw Story reviewed.
A statement of organization for "N----- for Trump" was filed at 2:35 p.m. ET Wednesday with the FEC, the documents indicate.
The treasurer, listed as "Mitchell, Jeremiya, Tommy" of Brewton, Ala., did not respond to Raw Story's request for comment at the email listed in the filing.
Spokespeople for the Trump campaign and the FEC did not immediately respond to Raw Story's request for comment.
Trump's tumultuous interview in Chicago at a National Association of Black Journalists conference included the former president questioning whether presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris — the vice president since 2021 — is Black.
Trump's nephew, Fred C. Trump III, also accused Donald Trump of having used the N-word during a tirade in the 1970s, according to a book published last week. Trump's campaign denied the accusation as "completely fabricated and total fake news of the highest order."
This is not the first time that apparent pranksters or political provocateurs have created fake political committees for Trump — such filings are relatively easy to generate and automatically published to the FEC's government website, FEC.gov.
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A political committee registered with the FEC in June indicated that Trump would name his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, as his vice presidential running mate, which Trump's campaign manager confirmed to Raw Story as "fraud." Trump named Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate during the Republican National Convention in mid-July.
Numerous other campaigns have experienced fraudulent FEC filings.
President Joe Biden, who has since dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, endured the creation of fake political committees in his name.
Former Vice President Mike Pence needed to quash premature rumors of his 2024 presidential run because of a fraudulent of a federal political committee created in 2022.
Such fake FEC documents have caused public confusion and even threatening situations that led to racist screeds or doxxing of private individuals.
The FEC prohibits other persons from "misrepresenting themselves as speaking, writing or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any candidate or political party for the purpose of soliciting contributions."
However, fraudsters often only receive sternly worded letters about the violation.
