Richard Kofoed, a serial entrepreneur from California, looks like a large shot on social media. One particular picture displays him sipping scarce bourbons, including Old Rip Van Winkle and George T. Stagg, with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul in the Trump Worldwide Lodge in Washington, D.C. A further picture captures him mingling with House Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy. A 3rd post demonstrates Kofoed and his wife, Stacy, posing with a line of dead pheasants they hunted with Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota. Then there is the shot that every really hard-main Trump supporter wants: a picture of Kofoed and his family standing alongside a beaming Donald Trump, who is flashing his signature thumbs up. “The underneath post actually sums it up for me in 2020!” Kofoed wrote in the caption.

Social media doesn’t always tell the entire tale. In actuality, Kofoed started off out 2020 by submitting for own personal bankruptcy. When the pandemic was surging two months afterwards, he begun a business and commenced performing with two other firms to promote private protective devices. One of those people organization associates ended up filing a lawsuit against Kofoed, alleging that he embezzled millions and employed it to fund his lavish lifestyle.

By the conclusion of 2020, Kofoed had donated more than $800,000 of dollars and air journey to Republicans. He then reportedly shepherded Kim Guilfoyle out of D.C. on a personal jet on January 6. To major it off, he moved into one of Donald Trump’s Palm Beach front houses, correct up coming door to Mar-a-Lago.

Kofoed and his lawyers acknowledged receiving Forbes’ inquiries, but Kofoed and his attorneys did not handle any of the allegations explained in this article. In courtroom filings in the civil accommodate, Kofoed denied…