GoFundMe Says All Donations to Trucker Convoy Will Be Automatically Refunded; Florida to Investigate

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The GoFundMe fundraising platform said Feb. 5 it will automatically refund donations made to a trucker convoy in Canada protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates after backlash.

GoFundMe said Friday it was preventing the funds from going to organizers of the Freedom Convoy and would instead send the money to โ€œestablished charities verified by GoFundMe.โ€

The justification for the unusual move? โ€œWe now have evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity,โ€ GoFundMe said.

The website didnโ€™t provide any evidence of the alleged violence or unlawful activity.

Jon Carpay, president of Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom, a legal group representing the convoy organizers, told The Epoch Times that the fundraising company โ€œhas no credibilityโ€ without making the evidence public. Organizers told a briefing that police officers were using measures typically utilized by โ€œoppressive regimesโ€ to try to take away the truckersโ€™ โ€œright of peaceful assembly and freedom of expressionโ€ and media reports and officials were falsely linking crimes committed by outsiders with the protesters.

In its update on Saturday, GoFundMe, which hasnโ€™t responded to requests for comment, claimed it had already enabled donors to get a refund and only the remaining funds would have been distributed to charities.

โ€œHowever, due to donor feedback, we are simplifying the process. We will automatically refund all contributions directlyโ€”donors do not need to submit a request. You can expect to see your refund within 7โ€“10 business days,โ€ the company said.

GoFundMeโ€™s actions have drawn scrutiny, particularly in light of the platform allowing campaigns for people linked to violence before.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said it was โ€œa fraudโ€ for GoFundMe โ€œto commandeer $9 [million] in donations sent to support truckers and give it to causes of their own choosing.โ€

DeSantis said he will work with Floridaโ€™s attorney general, Ashley Moody, โ€œto investigate these deceptive practicesโ€”these donors should be given a refund.โ€

Jeff Landry, the attorney general of Louisiana, and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey also said they would probe GoFundMeโ€™s practices.

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