claim: donald trump donated $50,000 to ensure suspected charleston church shooter dylann roof was transferred to a "safer" prison.
question: trump donates 50k to charleston shooter family to move him to safer prison
origin: on 5 august 2016, the tmzhiphop web site published an article reporting that republican presidential candidate donald trump had privately donated $50,000 to secure the transfer of charleston church shooting suspect dylann roof to a safer facility after the latter was beaten by a fellow inmate:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “dylann doesn’t deserve to be beaten. nobody deserves to be beaten. not even a mexican.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  tweeted trump after donating $50,000 to dylann roof’s family.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  donald trump donated $50,000 to dylann roof’s family after he was attacked by an inmate so that he could afford to move to a safer prison while he awaits his trial.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “he could’ve easily tripped and fell on that trigger and let off 50 rounds by accident. it can happen.” – trump
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  trump says don’t worry he made that $50,000 back within the next hour due to his multiple investments in foreign hair pieces.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the article was outwardly satirical in tone, quoting trump as lamenting “even a mexican” didn’t deserve to be beaten in jail, that roof “could’ve easily tripped and [fallen]” on the trigger of the gun that killed nine churchgoers, and that the mogul “made that $50,000 back” in an hour due to “investments in foreign hairpieces.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the dylann roof hoax was published by tmzhiphop, a sister site to fake news outlet tmzworldnews, neither of which includes a disclaimer notice advising readers about the fictional nature of their content. prior fabrications from that outlet include reports that a cop shot a black baby after mistaking a pacifier for a gun, a penile implant could alert women to cheating husbands and boyfriends, a college student was left in a coma after participating in a social media semen-drinking challenge, kkk members committed suicide en masse over the harriet tubman $20, a study revealed 80 percent of black men in atlanta were gay, and police found a satanic dungeon under a chuck e. cheese.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: a fake news site leveraged news about the beating of an incarcerated dylann roof to spread a falsehood about donald trump's donating money to facilitate a prison transfer.
summary: donald trump donated $50,000 to dylann roof’s family after he was attacked by an inmate so that he could afford to move to a safer prison while he awaits his trial. the article was outwardly satirical in tone, quoting trump as lamenting “even a mexican” didn't deserve to be beaten in jail, and that roof ‘could‘ve easily tripped and [fallen] on the trigger of the gun that killed nine churchgoers. tmzhiphop is a sister site to fake news outlet tmzworldnews, neither of which includes a disclaimer notice.