Last week, President Trump announced an anonymous “patriot” had given a donation of $130 million — money the president said was to be used to help pay troops during the government shutdown.
There are questions about the legality of a donation of this sort (the Anti-Deficiency Act prohibits federal agencies from exceeding congressional appropriations or accepting voluntary services). Over the weekend, The New York Times identified the anonymous donor as Timothy Mellon, a reclusive railroad magnate and heir to the Gilded Age Mellon family fortune…more
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