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The last time the Con's Foundation had a Board Meeting (Original Post) malaise Dec 2018 OP
Wow. Just wow. It is nothing other than a big piggy bank! dameatball Dec 2018 #1
It was more than that -- it was a big tax exempt piggy bank htuttle Dec 2018 #3
Check the $7 to the Boy Scouts malaise Dec 2018 #9
Thanks for remembering that Malaise. I had seen it mentioned a while back. Good catch!! What a bunch dameatball Dec 2018 #13
That is pretty amazing. ploppy Dec 2018 #2
It was a criminal scam. dalton99a Dec 2018 #4
Well, you know... anything Trump runs is a well-oiled machine, so... califootman Dec 2018 #5
I would hope.......... MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #6
Bwaaaaah for #3 malaise Dec 2018 #7
And it is no surprise he is running the country just like his businesses... blugbox Dec 2018 #8
Kermit Washington went to federal prison for 6 years back in July gratuitous Dec 2018 #10
Yep malaise Dec 2018 #11
Nah!!!! MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #12
a lot of stuff known before the infamous "election" Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #14
I would like to K&R your post Hermit-the-Prog IcyPeas Dec 2018 #15
thanks! Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #16
Trump is bored at all meetings, including ones about the Boarder, or snowborders. Rainbow Droid Dec 2018 #17

malaise

(268,664 posts)
9. Check the $7 to the Boy Scouts
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:22 PM
Dec 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-agrees-to-shut-down-his-charity-amid-allegations-he-used-it-for-personal-and-political-benefit/2018/12/18/dd3f5030-021b-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.20d4756c2a0b

The largest donation in the charity’s history — a $264,231 gift to the Central Park Conservancy in 1989 — appeared to benefit Trump’s business: It paid to restore a fountain outside Trump’s Plaza Hotel. The smallest, a $7 foundation gift to the Boy Scouts that same year, appeared to benefit Trump’s family. It matched the amount required to enroll a boy in the Scouts the year that his son Donald Trump Jr. was 11.

The attorney general’s investigation turned up evidence that Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump — all listed as officers of the charity — had never held a board meeting. The board hadn’t met since 1999. The charity’s official treasurer, Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg, told investigators that he wasn’t aware that he was on the board.

dameatball

(7,392 posts)
13. Thanks for remembering that Malaise. I had seen it mentioned a while back. Good catch!! What a bunch
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 09:08 PM
Dec 2018

of cheapskates.

califootman

(120 posts)
5. Well, you know... anything Trump runs is a well-oiled machine, so...
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:05 PM
Dec 2018

Well, you know... anything Trump runs is a well-oiled machine, so I'm sure it had no problem coasting on auto-pilot for almost twenty years.

MyOwnPeace

(16,917 posts)
6. I would hope..........
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:08 PM
Dec 2018

1. Refunds to those that contributed in good faith.
2. Jail time for those responsible for this scam.
3. A "make-it-real" artist fixes the "hair" on the portrait hanging in the lobby to reflect what is truly life-like (hey, "reality show" - reality portrait!).

blugbox

(951 posts)
8. And it is no surprise he is running the country just like his businesses...
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:15 PM
Dec 2018

People actually thought that would be a good thing??

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. Kermit Washington went to federal prison for 6 years back in July
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:25 PM
Dec 2018

He was misusing charitable foundation funds:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2018/07/10/kermit-washington-nba-sentenced-six-years-prison-fraud-tomjanovich/771345002/

Makes one wonder why there are no criminal charges against any of the Trump Foundation principals. Maybe not the Head Cheese, but the lower level minions could be charged, couldn't they?

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,239 posts)
14. a lot of stuff known before the infamous "election"
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 04:59 AM
Dec 2018

In spite of tv talking heads obsessed with emails, online reporting jumped on the shady foundation:

* Three of the mysteries in the files of the Donald J. Trump Foundation have been solved. Here’s what we know.

* The Trump Foundation is a real scandal, and it should be a campaign-ending scandal

* Why Trump’s Foundation Should Be a Bigger Scandal Than Clinton’s

* Clinton fires off tweetstorm after report questioned Trump Organization's ties to foreign governments

* Donald Trump’s shady foundation that just got him sued by the New York attorney general, explained Originally published 2016-09-13, updated 2018-06-14

* Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Is Investigating The Trump Foundation

* What We Know About Donald Trump's Scandal-Plagued Charity Foundation

* 'I've never encountered anything so brazen': Report details shocking new revelations about Trump Foundation

* Donald Trump, His Foundation and Florida’s Attorney General Epitomize Corruption

* Trump smears reporter, insists his foundation is not a scam

* House Republicans Offer Collective Shrug To Trump Foundation Self-Dealing

* Trump finally asked about his foundation scandal, descends into complete incoherence


* The key question on the Clinton Foundation is whether it saved lives. The answer is clearly yes.

* Charity watchdog compares Clinton, Trump foundations

* Unlike Trump Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative Has Data to Prove Its Worth

* A Brief Analysis of the Clinton and Trump Foundations

* Most of the media is ignoring the Trump Foundation’s shady work. Stephen Colbert isn’t.

* Trump Foundation admits to violating ban on ‘self-dealing,’ new filing to IRS shows

But, of course, her emails.

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