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It doesn't add up because we have zero internal numbers. He already admitted the donations went towards paying for the events so why couldn't it be possible that the numbers reported are what they are because of all the money spent on the events. It doesn't make it right in the least since Jirard was saying all the money was going to the charity, but it is a possible explanation aside from embezzlement.
Those gaps are too wide for just the event costs. And even if it was, I would still suspect embezzlement, in the style of Hollywood accounting.
Possibly but I'm trying my best to not make any statements that do not have concrete proof.
The event costs is embezzlement -the donations were taken with a promise they wouldn't be spent on that, and paying for the event means paying for content for his channel, paying to promote his channel, paying to expand his subscriber base, etc.
Compare it to a non-charity event on his channel. He makes content, he takes the money from subscriptions. A "charity event" would then be when he makes content and instead of taking money from subscriptions, he donates it. If the "charity event" is still him making content, and him still taking money from subscriptions, then that's more like a non-charity event. Even if a donation is made with some of the money then the event is still a non-charity event in the sense that he said he was donating the event itself, i.e. not being compensated for it - if he's being compensated for the event then he didn't donate "the event", he was employed for the event.