{"id":32515,"date":"2016-09-06T18:05:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T01:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32515"},"modified":"2024-11-22T02:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T10:45:41","slug":"donald-trump-caught-outright-lying-about-donation-to-florida-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32515","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Caught Outright Lying About ‘Donation’ To Florida Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"

For several weeks much of the media has been panting breathlessly over minuscule disclosures related to the Clinton Foundation. Never mind that there has not been any finding that Hillary Clinton violated any law or granted any special favors. The so-called “liberal”<\/em> media has latched onto the story with a fierce determination to find wrongdoing. Meanwhile, another story has been getting short shrift despite actual findings of guilt.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump made a $25,000 donation to a political group called “And Justice For All.” The group was supporting the reelection of Pam Bondi, the Attorney General of Florida. At the time Bondi was investigating whether to join a multi-state lawsuit against Trump University for fraud. Within days of receiving the check, Bondi opted out of the lawsuit. But the stench of corruption doesn’t stop there.<\/p>\n

The funds for the donation were drawn from the Trump Foundation, a personal account intended for donations to non-profit charities. It was illegal for such funds to be given to a political campaign. When the IRS questioned Trump’s people about it, they said that the funds went to a charity in Kansas with a similar name. That’s the first lie.<\/p>\n

Trump may have thought the matter was put to rest after he paid a $2,500 fine to the IRS. He also reimbursed his Foundation from his private account. Additionally, according to the statute in Florida, Bondi would have to return the funds to the donor. However, there is no record that that was ever done.<\/p>\n

Now Trump has responded to questions about the donation. In his typically incoherent rambling he dismissed the entire affair as a mistake:<\/p>\n

\u201cI never spoke to her, first of all; she\u2019s a fine person beyond reproach. I never even spoke to her about it at all. She\u2019s a fine person. Never spoken to her about it. Never. Many of the attorney generals turned that case down because I\u2019ll win that case in court. Many turned that down. I never spoke to her.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s the second lie. Do you get the impression that he wants to convey that he never spoke to her? You’re not alone. The problem is that Bondi disagrees. According to the Associated Press<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“Florida’s attorney general personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the same time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University and its affiliates.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Furthermore, Bondi was interviewed<\/a><\/strong> by Neil Cavuto on Fox Business today and confirmed that she solicited the donation from Trump. With the disclosure that Bondi and Trump did actually talk about the donation, and the fact that the Florida investigation was nixed shortly thereafter, it’s hard not to view this as a bribe. What’s more, Trump has bragged<\/a><\/strong> about doing this often in his business affairs:<\/p>\n

“When they call, I give. And you know what? When I need something from them two years later, three years later, I call them, they are there for me,”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is standard operating procedure for Trump. And it isn’t even the only time he did it with regard to the Trump University fraud. He also appealed to the Texas AG<\/a><\/strong> to drop the Trump U. case being considered in that state. After the Texas case was dropped, Trump cut a check to the gubernatorial campaign of then attorney general, now Texas Governor, Greg Abbott.<\/p>\n

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With such clear cut evidence of a crime, you might think the media would give this more than a sideways glance. On Fox News the Bondi story has not been covered at all. And yet, as Media Matters reported<\/a><\/strong>, Fox “spent Tuesday obsessing over Hillary Clinton coughing during a rally.”<\/em> Because that’s what passes for news at Fox. And they certainly wouldn’t want to tell the truth about Trump after investing the last couple of years in his candidacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For several weeks much of the media has been panting breathlessly over minuscule disclosures related to the Clinton Foundation. Never mind that there has not been any finding that Hillary Clinton violated any law or granted any special favors. The so-called “liberal” media has latched onto the story with a fierce determination to find wrongdoing. 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