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===== Claim (22:30): On March 17 1917 Jacob Schiff and Max Warburg, sent Trotsky and his group of jewish communists of to Russia to lead a revolution with $20 million in gold =====

A investigation into Trotsky's activities in New York was commissioned by the federal Department of Justice in Washington, conducted by New York State Deputy Attorney General Alfred H. Becker, every penny and meeting was to be tracked and recorded. The investigation concluded that Trotsky had received, in earnings and donations, a sum totalling '''less than $1000.''' The report is available in the New York Times Archive.<ref>WHAT TROTZKY DID WHEN IN NEW YORK; Investigation for Department of Justice Fails to Show He Received German Money

January 20, 1918

https://www.nytimes.com/1918/01/20/archives/what-trotzky-did-when-in-new-york-investigation-for-department-of.html</ref> "I have been unable to establish a single 'indication' that Trotsky received money from any German donor," Baker concluded. To add to this, Trotsky was also searched by Canadian border guards when he boarded the ship to Europe at Halifax, and they did not find any money significant enough to report. Simple reason allows us to dismiss this claim right now, but we can go further. At the time when Trotsky was planning his leave to Russia (March 1917), Schiff was on the other side of the country, in White Sulfur Springs of West Virginia.<ref>''New York Times,'' March 18, 1917</ref>

Anthony Sutton, who was himself adamant to "JQ" the Bolshevik Revolution, could not find supporting evidence of Jacob Schiff funding the Bolsheviks: "[U.S. State Department files] ''confirm that the investment banker Jacob Schiff, often cited as a source of funds for the Bolshevik Revolution, was in fact against support of the Bolshevik régime''.”<ref>Sutton, “Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution.” p 33.

Retrieved from: https://www.schiffnaturepreserve.org/JacobSchiffEssay.pdf</ref> Schiff's anti-bolshevism is also noted in the book: ''"Jacob H. Schiff A Study in American Jewish Leadership"'' by W. Cohen, chapter 7: after the bolsheviks took power, Schiff demanded that the money intended for Kerensky be sent back.

The origins of the claim (Trotsky taking money from bankers) are hard to pin down. Perhaps they can be found here: During a public hearing held by a U.S. Senate subcommittee to investigate "Bolshevik influence in the United States." A Czech military attaché named VS Hurban, who was stationed in Russia in 1917, mentioned this in his testimony about the Bolshevik leader: ''"Trotsky may have taken money from Germany, but he will deny it,"'' he told the senators. ''"Miliukov has confirmed that Trotsky received '''$10,000''' from some Germans while in the United States. Miliukov has evidence, but Trotsky denies it."''<ref>Hearing on “Brewing and Liquor Interests and German and Bolshevik Propaganda," Committee on Judiciary, United States Senate, 65th Congress, 1919, quoted in Sutton, 23.</ref> Subcommittee Chairman, North Carolina Democratic Senator Councilman Lee Overman asked for details, but Helbang brushed him off. The subcommittee adjourned that day, and senators never reopened the issue. According to the same book by W. Cohen mentioned earlier, that number of $10,000 was raised to $10,000,000 and later $20,000,000, all leading back to two original sources, "''Bolshevism and Judaism"'' and the senate subcommittee.

Example of fake quote: "In the United States, some of Trotsky's wealthy partisans donated as much as $25,000 to finance a printing press and meeting halls for the dispossessed politician." Allegedly Page 389 of Deutscher, Isaac. The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky 1929-1940. However, nowhere to be found.<ref>https://archive.org/details/prophetoutcasttr0000deut/page/388/mode/2up?q=Page+389</ref>

'''Verdict''': False