Trump campaign sends cease-and-desist message to Republican Rep. Bob Good on sign ‘implying’ Trump endorsement

The Trump campaign warned House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good on Friday to stop producing and posting materials “that give the false impression” that the vulnerable Virginia Republican enjoys the former president’s support.

A cease-and-desist letter, obtained by The Post, was sent to Good and his campaign treasurer after Trump’s legal team learned that street signs were being put up in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District with the presumptive Republican nominee for president’s name above Good’s name. .

“We have noticed that your campaign is producing yard signs purporting to indicate President Trump’s support for your candidacy,” the Dhillon Law Group letter reads.

“You know this is false,” the missive continues. “In fact, President Trump endorsed your opponent.”

Trump, 77, endorsed state Sen. John McGuire in Virginia’s 5th District Republican primary earlier this week in a Truth Social article in which he said the property was “BAD FOR VIRGINIA AND BAD FOR THE UNITED STATES.”

“He turned his back on our incredible movement and constantly attacked and fought me until recently, when he gave me warm and ‘loving’ support. But in reality, it was too late,” wrote Trump. “The damage had been done!”

Good had supported Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in the 2024 GOP presidential primaries and failed to win back Trump despite backing him after DeSantis dropped out and appeared at the former’s secret trial president in Manhattan earlier this month.

McGuire, a former Navy SEAL, was endorsed by the Republican Jewish Coalition last month, with the group noting that Good’s dissenting vote against a $95 billion emergency spending bill including $17 billion in Military assistance to Israel was a major factor.

The cease and desist letter warns that neither Good nor his campaign “are authorized to use President Trump’s name or that of the campaign to falsely imply their support for your candidacy” or “claim that you represent or are otherwise associated to President Trump or the campaign.”

“Producing and posting materials that create the false impression that President Trump supports your candidacy constitutes fraud on the voters of Virginia’s 5th Congressional District,” the letter states. “Making such false statements constitutes a breach of voter trust.”

He further warned Good that “using President Trump’s name, image or likeness in any of your fundraising materials” would be considered “donor fraud.”

Trump’s team demanded that Good “immediately stop producing and posting materials that falsely imply that President Trump supports you or your campaign in any way.”

The Trump campaign raised a “record” $34.8 million in small donations in the hours after jurors read the former president’s guilty verdict in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday.

Shortly after the verdict, the campaign warned Republicans that it would not look favorably on candidates who tried to siphon donor money that would otherwise go to Trump.

“Any Republican elected official, candidate or party committee siphoning off money from President Trump’s donors is no better than Judge Merchan’s daughter,” Chris LaCivita, Trump’s co-campaign manager, told Politico.

“We keep a list, we’ll check it twice and we’re not in the Christmas spirit,” he added.

Good’s campaign did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.