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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: CNN, NY Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Trump Foundation, Charity [View all]forgotmylogin
(7,496 posts)38. Who'da thunk?
If you collect money for "charity" that you can't write checks out of the same account for your personal bills and campaigning?
Additionally, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which has come under previous scrutiny for self-dealing and advancing the interests of its namesake rather than those of charity, apparently used the Eric Trump Foundation to funnel $100,000 in donations into revenue for the Trump Organization.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#b21302c6b4a3
Or even give to a different charity...
The attorney general, a Democrat who has publicly opposed the presidents policies, is also investigating the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
If you are raising money for X, and you give it to Y, that is fraud, even if Y is a charity, says James Fishman, a former assistant attorney general for the state of New York who now teaches at Pace Universitys law school. If Im writing a check for somebody, and you give it to somebody else, I mean that is fraudulent.
If you are raising money for X, and you give it to Y, that is fraud, even if Y is a charity, says James Fishman, a former assistant attorney general for the state of New York who now teaches at Pace Universitys law school. If Im writing a check for somebody, and you give it to somebody else, I mean that is fraudulent.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/29/eric-trump-foundation-told-donors-money-went-to-kids-with-cancer-then-gave-to-different-causes/#12deab2ca16ft-causes/#12deab2ca16f
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bigtree
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Compare to the resume of Trump's Cohen...worst law school in America graduate...but the
Fred Sanders
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Frauds getting a fraud indictment...Happy Birthday......what do you wish sexual predator & TRAITOR
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Jun 2018
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