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Cracks in the Donald J. Trump Foundation: Report alleges self-dealing to buy conservative favor
Cracks in the Donald J. Trump Foundation: Report alleges self-dealing to buy conservative favorby Brendan Gauthier at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/04/cracks-in-the-donald-j-trump-foundation-report-alleges-he-self-dealt-funds-to-buy-conservative-favor/
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A new RealClearPolitics report has revealed Donald Trump may have violated self-dealing laws when he used Donald J. Trump Foundation funds to buy his way into conservative politics as early as 2011.
In its review of the private foundation’s tax filings, RealClearPolitics found, “From 2011 through 2014, Trump harnessed his eponymous foundation to send at least $286,000 to influential conservative or policy groups.”
A source “with ties to Trump” told RealClearPolitics “he was politically active starting in 2011.” At the same time, Trump “started to make strategic donations” from his foundation in order to strengthen his rapport with prominent conservatives in key primary states.
Trump hasn’t donated to his foundation since 2008, though — making his “strategic donations” appear more like self-dealing.
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