Trump £78k on son’s book is just not write

Days before the election, troubling figures have emerged over how the money Donald Trump’s supporters gave to his campaign has been spent.

More than £30million has gone on legal fees, £275million on unknown companies, £5.7million on hotels and £170,000 on private jets.

But the most alarming figure is the £78,000 the campaign spent on buying copies of Don Jr’s book.

At the time, the President tweeted: “Wow. Was just told that my son’s book, ‘Triggered’, is number one on The New York Times Bestseller List. Congratulations, Don.”

Bestseller? More like confined to the cellar.

An Iowa businessman’s crime of stealing an election sign only earned him three sentences on the third page of a local newspaper. But Peter De Yager’s strange attempt to cover it up made national headlines after he pleaded guilty to theft and trespassing for swiping £15 worth of the paper from a petrol station in Spirit Lake.

A ransomware gang donated part of the ill-gotten gains they extorted from US big business to charity.

Recipients include Children International, a non-profit for sponsoring kids in extreme poverty, and The Water Project, which aims to provide access to clean and reliable water in sub-saharan Africa.

Each organisation received 0.88 Bitcoin (£7,740) according to transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain.

A New Hampshire woman allegedly impersonated a court prosecutor to file fake documents declaring drugs and stalking charges against her had been dropped.

Lisa Landon, 33, of Littleton, now faces one charge of false personation and six charges of falsifying physical evidence.

Detroit’s Samir Mazahem, 56, accidentally bought an extra identical lottery ticket and ended up winning two $1million jackpots.

Of his initial mistake, he said: “I was a little bummed but didn’t think much about it.”

A 160-year tradition is to end after famed New York store Macy’s announced that Father Christmas won’t be greeting kids this year due to Covid.

It may have been a great escape, but it was also a slow one when 14-stone tortoise Sparkplug fled his Alabama pen. He was found 30 miles away after days on the run, having crossed two counties.

NASA has discovered an ultra rare asteroid worth $7,730,000,000,000,000,000.

Back on the campaign trail, a political sign brought laughter this week. It had Trump as a pumpkin and read: “Orange on the outside. Hollow on the inside. Should be thrown out in November.”