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GoFundMe pulls fundraiser for Waukesha suspect Darrell Brooks - Fox Business
Nov 25, 2021 59 secs
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A spokesperson for GoFundMe confirmed to FOX Business that the fundraiser was removed from the platform because it violated the GoFundMe Terms of Service.

GoFundMe says that since Rittenhouse was acquitted of a "violent crime," money could now be raised for him using the platform.

Previously, fundraisers for a Rittenhouse legal defense were prohibited on the site. .

"If someone is acquitted of those charges, as Rittenhouse was today, a fundraiser started subsequently for their legal defense and other expenses would not violate this policy," the statement said.

GOFUNDME SAYS RITTENHOUSE FUNDRAISING OK NOW THAT HE IS ACQUITTED.

However, GoFundMe allowed fundraisers for the defense of people accused of violent crimes around the same time as the Rittenhouse defense fundraisers were pulled from the site.

Marc Wilson, for example, had a fundraiser on GoFundMe set up by others to pay for his legal defense after he allegedly shot and killed a 17-year-old girl, claiming he did so in self-defense.

"The bigger question is why GoFundMe will not permit fundraising for legal defense of people accused but not convicted

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