Brian Kolfage
This celebrity goo was created by player Chris Lemler.
Scott Hardie made major changes to the clue and made major changes to the explanation provided by Chris.
publication date: Saturday, June 18, 2022 (part of Summer 2022)
category: Hoaxes
clue: This military person wanted to try and fund money for Trump's wall, but getting it past Congress turned out not to be his biggest concern.
explanation: Brian Kolfage is a triple amputee who raised money to build Trump's border wall. He was accused of defrauding donors and spending some of the money on himself, later pleading guilty to charges of fraud and tax evasion. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Scott Hardie
trivia: This goo was first submitted in early 2019 when Kolfage first raised the money and was known merely as a fundraising activist. It did not get published until 2022, by which time it had to be revised due to the notoriety of the fraud charges.