Exhibit 739

How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations

Exhibit 739 · News report

How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations

The New York Times report of 3 April 2021 on the Trump campaign's pre-checked recurring boxes and refunds. The Eighth Circuit opinion in WinRed v. Ellison (exhibit 734) describes the report and press summaries describe it.

Source: The New York Times (Shane Goldmacher)
Date: 3 April 2021
Grade: Reported
Document: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding POL-3.16: Reported WinRed's published account states that ActBlue pioneered recurring and pre-checked boxes and that pre-checked boxes appeared on ActBlue pages for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. One press account reports that ActBlue began phasing them out in July 2021.