Washington Post. The donor outreach was among several new details that emerged this week linking Trump to Make America Great Again, a super PAC backing his presidential bid. … In a Sept. 1 e-mail, Mike Ciletti, a Colorado GOP operative working for the Make America Great Again PAC, suggested to a Trump acquaintance and longtime GOP donor that he was using contact information he obtained from Trump’s longtime assistant and gatekeeper, Rhona Graff. ‘I apologize for reaching you at this email address, it is the one that Rhona had on file,’ Ciletti wrote to a GOP donor, who requested anonymity to avoid angering Trump.” [Washington Post, 10/20/15] Mike Ciletti, The Republican Operative Who Launched The Pro-Trump Super PAC Make America Great Again, Said He Was Shutting It Down Because Trump Said He Did Not Have A Super PAC Supporting Him. “But Mike Ciletti, a Republican operative based in Colorado, reportedly used contact information obtained from a top Trump aide to reach out to prospective donors. Ciletti told POLITICO that his decision Thursday to shut down the organization, which he launched in July in an effort to boost Trump’s candidacy, is an attempt ‘to erase any questions as to whether he has a super PAC.’ ‘Mr. Trump has said he doesn’t have a super PAC,’ Ciletti continued. ‘So to honor his wishes, I’m shutting my organization down.’” [Politico, 10/22/15] • Mike Ciletti, The Republican Operative Who Launched Pro-Trump Super PAC Make America Great Again, Refused To Give More Information About How Much Money Was Raised, Or If He Was Ordered To Shut Down The Super PAC. “But Mike Ciletti, a Republican operative based in Colorado, reportedly used contact information obtained from a top Trump aide to reach out to prospective donors. … Ciletti declined to say how much money he was able to raise in roughly four months or whether anyone specifically asked him to shut the organization down. He plans to refund contributions after making sure existing contractual obligations to various vendors (mostly related to voter targeting and advertising) are met.” [Politico, 10/22/15] TRUMP DIRECTED FUNDS TO COMPANIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOUNDER OF THE “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” SUPER PAC AND ATTENDED FUNDRAISERS FOR THE SUPER PAC Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager Insisted Trump Never Worked With The Make America Great Again Super PAC, Despite FEC Filings Showing The Campaign Directed Funds To Colorado Companies Affiliated With The Super PAC’s Founder. “Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, has insisted that Trump has never blessed or worked with a super PAC, although recent FEC filings revealed that the campaign directed hard dollars to two Colorado-based companies both affiliated with Ciletti. The campaign paid $33,000 to DC Connect, an Aurora-based company Ciletti founded, for telemarketing from May through July; and it paid $56,000 to WizBang Solutions, a Commerce City-based printing company where Ciletti is the director—both payments first reported by the Washington Post.” [Politico, 10/22/15] IN OCTOBER 2015, TRUMP DISAVOWED NINE SUPER PACS THAT SUPPORTED HIM, AND ENCOURAGED OTHER CANDIDATES TO DO THE SAME Confidential Page 202