So when you said "And this happened before trump even ran for president; his check was dated Sept. 27, 2013. So it wasn't the evil dems going after him for nothing."
That was meaningless this "investigation" occurred at the dawn of the TDS pandemic.
I have yet to see a video, a screenshot of a text, or a document.
To be clear, I am skeptical. I am not saying it couldn't have happened; I am saying I don't trust people who I've seen try much bolder lies via telephone game. For example the "both sides" hoax. Literally video disproving the claim but they maintained it for years, presidential campaigns started with it, some still repeat it to this day.
When such people say "we investigated bro, trust me." I don't.