Reagan Foundation Demands Trump, RNC End Use of Former President’s Likeness in Fundraising – By Jeremy Fuster (The Wrap) / July 26 2020
The Reagan Foundation has sent a cease-and-desist to the Trump reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee Saturday after the two organizations offered coins with Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan’s likenesses as part of a fundraising campaign.
The Washington Post reports that the coins were offered for a $45 donation to Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign. The Reagan Foundation, which holds the sole rights to Reagan’s name, likeness and image, says the coins were made without their knowledge and it is, therefore, using their “power to block them from being used for commercial purposes and political endorsements.”
The foundation is investigating how many coins have been sold and may take further legal action.
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