joel aaron's is the public face of the group. >> i've known joel for a long time.aaron's was a poll lpoliti expert in the area. before iran he was my personal lawyer and he was a friend. >> reporter: we'll tell you about dr. annette bosworth and her claims about troubles with joel aaron's in a moment but first, a bit more about veterans for a strong america and erin's who somehow convinced donald trump to come to this fundraiser tuesday night. >> i came because politicians are not listening to the s veterans. >> reporter: he charged between $100 and $1,000 per person for the event. the group does not have a good track record of disclosing where its money goes. a quick check with the irs finds the set trains for strong america lost the tax exempt status last may for failing to file require reports. here is the document from the irs that shows the group is appealing. the latest filing with the federal election commission shows the organization is also flat broke, just $30 in the bank and has $318 in debts. after calls and e-mails unanswered, cnn was contacted by a fi

a man named joel aarons. her personal lawyer, her campaign lawyer and advisor. she says the reason she signed all of these documents which led to these felony charges she says the reason she signed them all, these documents in which she legally attested to things that were not true and filed those untrue statements with the government, she says she only did that because he advised her she should do it. now, joel aarons denied he did anything wrong and denied any responsibility for what she did. when she got caught and very nearly went to prison, she was very clear she blamed him. she said it was his fault. she raised the prospect also it was not just him making a mistake or being a bad lawyer. when she got caught, she gave this fascinating press conference alleging is might not have been a mistake. it might have been a dirty trick. she says she later discovered that although joel aarons was her personal attorney and her campaign attorney and her campaign advisor, he was also apparently working for a little action action committee that was supporting one of the o

. >>> joel aaron said his group is being attacked for endorsing donald trump. this is wlaps when a group of conservative veterans takes a stand on an issue. we are proud to make that endorsement. the trump camp is not exactly returning the love. mr. trump was asked to speak as a guest at the veteran's for a stronger america event. and, as an article debit supporter to veterans causes, he agreed to attend. mr. trump and the campaign had no nojs of any issues associated with the group or their chairman, joel aarons. trurp also claims to have not taken a single penny from that event. >> so, i mean, if this group is not legitimate and they're hosting some sort of a fundraiser to the tune of a thousand bucks a ticket, there's a problem. >> there is a problem. i mean, i've been involved with veteran's nonprofits for a better part of nine years of my career. there's a lot of regulations that go with run ining a 501 (c. these are advocacy organizations on issues, not just endorsing. if you -- you can, but if it's the primary thing of what you're doing, you're going to

. >> and a big shout out to the founder of veterans for a strong america, major joel aaron, everybody >> and you might call him our main speaker for the evening, republican presidential candidate contender republican donald trump. thank you. thank you. [applause] please take a seat. go ahead and take a seat here. i am very honored to be here on the deck of the uss iowa joel's home state and i'm honored to be here for many reasons. to be on board were so many veterans folks in uniform, who served their country and veterans for a stronger america. and right now myself i do a show called grateful nation and we celebrate their lives and tell their story but right now i'm so honored to be on the stage to introduce the gentleman behind me, joel because he has created veterans for a stronger america, vsa and let me tell you about joel. someone that cares about america after the war in iraq started in 2003 joe arens dropped out of law school to fight in iraq. he knew that it was his generation's time to fight, take a stand against terrorism and the global war on terrorism. as a first lieutena