Melania Trump Doubles Down On Controversial Charity Event After Reports It's All A Scam!

perezhilton.com:

Melania Trump is doubling down amid her bizarre (non?)-charity controversy! The former First Lady of the United States took to Twitter over the weekend with a very pointed message directed at the New York Times regarding her newly-canceled rescheduled charity fundraiser!

As Perezcious readers will recall, Donald Trump‘s wife came under fire last month after the Times reported a bombshell about a forthcoming charity fundraiser connected to her that was evidently being put on by an unregistered organization. Whip Fundraising, the org behind the “Tulips and Topiaries” event, apparently failed to receive non-profit status from the state of Florida prior to announcing their intention to raise funds for foster children.

And you can’t just hold a charity event without that — the state has to keep people from running scams where they claim the money is going to needy children but then just pocketing it.

Sadly, there are such people in the world… Related: NY Attorney General Claims ‘Significant’ Amount Of Fraud Found In Trump Family Biz! So, when the org started selling off $50,000 VIP tickets (!!!) to an April “flowers, tea, and bubbles” charity event in Naples — but without a confirmed real charity organization — it’s understandable why the NYT launched an investigation into the situation!