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How Trump steered supporters into millions of unwitting donations

“Bandits! I’m retired. I can’t afford to pay all that damn money,” said Victor Amelino, whose donations neared $8,000.

(Doug Mills | New York Times file photo) Crowd members at a campaign event for then-President Donald Trump in Waterford Township, Mich., Oct. 30, 2020. Online campaign donors were guided into weekly recurring contributions. Demands for refunds spiked. Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared. But the money helped keep Trump's struggling campaign afloat.