{"id":38199,"date":"2018-06-14T10:21:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T17:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38199"},"modified":"2018-06-14T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T17:23:00","slug":"heres-a-quick-primer-on-the-criminal-corruption-of-the-trump-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38199","title":{"rendered":"Here’s a Quick Primer on the Criminal Corruption of the Trump Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Attorney General’s office just filed suit against Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong>, his family (Eric, Ivanka and Don,Jr.), and the phony charity they call the Trump Foundation. The suit announced by NY Attorney General Barbara Underwood alleges multiple violations of both state and federal charities law. It further seeks to place temporary bans on the Trumps from serving as directors of a New York not-for-profit.<\/p>\n

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The Attorney General’s public statement was a damning expose of how Trump used the Foundation to enrich himself by exploiting people in need:<\/p>\n

“As our investigation reveals, the Trump Foundation was little more than a checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his business to nonprofits, regardless of their purpose or legality.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Naturally Trump responded in a rage-a-holic tweetstorm that made little sense, blaming his depravity on others. Specifically, he tweeted condemnations of “sleazy Democrats”<\/em> and an attack on a former NY Ag who is not a part of this suit. And of course he had to bring the Clintons into it because, well, because he’s Donald Trump and isn’t smart enough to come up with a coherent defense. And finally, he insisted that he would not settle, a claim he’s made often in the past, right before settling (see Trump University<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

News Corpse has been covering the illegal and immoral operations of the Trump Foundation for some time. Here is a brief summary of how Trump and Co. used their wealth and position to rip off unfortunates and stuff their pockets:<\/p>\n

Trump Spends 100K From His \u2018Charity\u2019 To Quash Fraud Charges In NY<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Trump Foundation paid out $100,000 to Citizen’s United, a conservative group who was suing the NY Attorney General.<\/p>\n

BUSTED: Trump Used His \u2018Charity\u2019 To Pay Off His Own Legal Settlements<\/a><\/strong>
\nIRS filings by the Trump Foundation show that charitable funds were used to settle Trump\u2019s personal or business debts.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump Caught Outright Lying About \u2018Donation\u2019 To Florida Attorney General<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Trump Foundation made an unlawful $25,000 political donation to a group called \u201cAnd Justice For All.\u201d The group was supporting the reelection of Pam Bondi, the Attorney General of Florida. Shortly after Bondi dropped a Florida state suit against Trump University.<\/p>\n

Trump Charges Eric\u2019s Cancer Charity for Kids Exorbitant Fees to Use His Golf Resort<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe charity had been donating the use of Trump resorts to St. Jude Children’s Hospital until daddy intervened and insisted that they be charged for use of the facilities.<\/p>\n

LOCK HER UP: Ivanka Trump\u2019s \u2018Charity\u2019 Auction Sells White House Access To Wealthy Bidders<\/a><\/strong>
\nIvanka Trump put up an auction on the Charitybuzz website. It offered an opportunity to \u201cEnjoy Coffee with Ivanka Trump.\u201d The bidding started at a hefty $50,000. The bidders admitted that they were buying access to the President.<\/p>\n

New York Times Shatters Trump\u2019s Denial that He Took 150G From a Ukrainian Oligarch<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe New York Times posted a well researched article about Trump receiving $150,000 from a Ukrainian oligarch as payment for a twenty minute video address in September of 2015. The money was \u201cdonated\u201d to Trump\u2019s foundation.<\/p>\n

And just for some balance:<\/p>\n

Sorry GOP Haters: Clinton Foundation Given Top Rating By Charity Watchdog<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe two top charity groups that independently evaluate non-profits, Charity Navigator and Charity Watch, both gave the Clinton Foundation their highest ratings.<\/p>\n

Despite Trump’s temper tantrums and Twitter outbursts, there are good reasons for the NY Attorney General to hold him accountable for a long list of breaches of the law. In fact, it’s the validity of the charges that make Trump so angry and, quite obviously, afraid. We’ll have to wait and see where this litigation winds up, along with all of the other legal swamps Trump is currently wallowing in.<\/p>\n

\n

How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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