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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMONOPOLY MONEY. Trump Used His Charitable Foundation Like a Personal Checkbook, NY AG Alleges
MONOPOLY MONEYTrump Used His Charitable Foundation Like a Personal Checkbook, NY Attorney General Alleges
The president's aides even deployed it strategically to help them during the run up to the Iowa Caucus, according to a new filing from the New York Attorney Generals office.
LACHLAN MARKAY
GIDEON RESNICK
06.14.18 11:30 AM ET
President Donald Trumps personal foundation illegally acted as an extension of his 2016 presidential campaign, according to New Yorks chief law enforcement officer.
Barbara Underwood, the state's acting attorney general, alleged a widespread campaign of misuse of charitable resources in the service of Trumps political efforts in a complaint filed in New Yorks supreme court on Thursday. Her office is now seeking $2.8 million in penalties, which Trump said on Wednesday he would refuse to pay.
The Donald J. Trump Foundation, Underwood alleges, acted in a persistently illegal manner by repeatedly intervening in Mr. Trump's campaign for president in 2016 by, among other things, making expenditures during the first five months of 2016 that were intended to influence his election for president.
The coordination between the foundation and the campaign was blatant and explicit, according to documentation posted on the AGs website. In one instance, Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski requested that a top foundation official give out grant money in Iowa in order to improve the campaigns prospects in that states Republican caucus. Lewandowski even specified the date on which he wanted the grants rolled outthree days before Iowa Republicans went to the polls, he told a senior officer at the foundation.
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MONOPOLY MONEY. Trump Used His Charitable Foundation Like a Personal Checkbook, NY AG Alleges (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jun 2018
OP
Just like he is using the Presidency. When you are a celebrity like Trump, they let you do it.
Freethinker65
Jun 2018
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Freethinker65
(10,024 posts)1. Just like he is using the Presidency. When you are a celebrity like Trump, they let you do it.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)2. Nicely done.