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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Many Scandals of Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet (updated)
The Atlantic provides an in depth look into many of the scandals revolving around president elect Trump:
The Many Scandals of Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet
DAVID A. GRAHAM 10:29 AM ET Nov 22 2016
In tax filings, the Trump Foundation has apparently indicated that it violated federal rules against self-dealing, charities acting to further their leaders interests.
The Donald J. Trump Foundation apparently admitted in filings with the IRS it broke federal rules against self-dealing, The Washington Posts David Fahrenthold reports.
According to federal law, charitable organizations like the Trump Foundation cannot use their funds to help their leaders families or business interests. But during the presidential campaign, Fahrenthold laid out in a series of stories several ways in which the Trump Foundation seemed to have done just that. In some cases, the president-elect allegedly used the foundation as a slush fund to resolve his legal issues.
For example, in lieu of paying a fine to the city of Palm Beach, he agreed to make a charitable donation. In total, Fahrenthold found nearly $260,000 of such maneuvers. In other cases, the foundation purchased lavishly priced itemsincluding oversized portraits of Trump and a football helmet signed by struggling minor-league baseball player Tim Tebowand appears to have given them to Trump as gifts.
Trump, the foundation, and his campaign would not admit any violations during the campaign. But on Monday, the Trump Foundations 2015 tax forms were posted on a website that tracks nonprofit filings. The law firm that prepared the forms checked a box indicating that the foundation had transferred assets to a disqualified person, and another box saying it had done so in past years....
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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/donald-trump-scandals/474726/
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The Many Scandals of Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet (updated) (Original Post)
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(8,999 posts)1. It is simply disgusting the the MSM largely ignored these matters
Any single one of his lies would have been a source of unending criticism for HRC.
This makes me sick.
LisaL
(44,985 posts)2. That's for sure.