A DIE-hard Donald Trump supporter from South Lanarkshire who was convicted of scamming money from her local choir and later performing for the US president has been mocked on US TV.
Shenna Fox was ordered to do 180 hours’ community work last year after admitting to the offence.
The 48-year-old church organist and freelance music teacher conned members of Lanark and Carluke Choral Union by forging signatures on their cheques after they performed in New York three years ago.
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Fox made headlines this month when she helped to break Trump’s silence over allegations he had an affair with an adult film star.
He mocked a new police sketch of a man Stormy Daniels says threatened her seven years ago to stay silent about her claim she had an affair with the president in 2006, saying it was of a “non-existent” man who threatened her.
It came after Fox, from Lanark, posted a tweet that appeared to indicate the sketch resembled Daniels’ ex-husband.
She posted a side-by-side comparison of the pencil sketch with a photo of Daniels’ husband Glendon Crain, a fellow adult film star and former heavy metal drummer, and commented: “Oops! This is awkward!”
The president, who has denied the affair, retweeted Fox’s post and commented: “A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!”
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Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel used Fox’s tweet to bring up questions about her background on his Jimmy Kimmel Live! Show on ABC.
He also had a laugh at her expense.
He told viewers: “It turns out this came from a supporter of his in Scotland. Her name is Shenna Fox and she is a fanatical Trump fan.
“But it turns out, believe it or not, she is actually guilty of a con job herself.
“She was convicted of stealing money from her church choir to pay for a trip to meet Trump in New York.”
The host and his audience burst into fits of laughter.
Kimmel, 50, added: “This is the type of person he is retweeting. Probably somebody he should have a restraining order against.
“Even the idea that Trump, the president, is scrolling through Twitter looking for things to retweet is nuts. It’s absolutely nuts.”
Fox started an online fundraising page in the run up to the New York performance to collect proceeds in 2015.
With an aim of £1,000, the page raised £674.76.
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She said in a statement at the time: “I have been conductor of the Lanark and Carluke Choral Union for 42 years. It’s been a great privilege and I enjoy working with this wonderfully talented choir.
“We had a surprise invite to take part in a very special concert in Carnegie Hall New York on January 19th 2015. Wow! I couldn’t believe it at first.
“We are hoping 30 members will make the trip and we need to raise some funds to enable this opportunity to be available to those who want to be part of this. Any donations, no matter how small, all add up. If you feel you can support us, that’s wonderful.
“Invites like this don’t happen every day and certainly not to community choirs in wee towns such as Lanark.”
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