General Discussion

struggle4progress

(118,214 posts)

2. "In her decision filed Thursday, Justice Saliann Scarpulla found that

Fri Nov 8, 2019, 11:27 AM

Nov 2019

'Mr. Trump breached his fiduciary duty to the Foundation,' including by "allowing his campaign to orchestrate" a televised fundraiser ostensibly for the foundation in Des Moines, Iowa, in January 2016, and allowing the campaign to direct the distribution of the money raised from that event 'to further Mr. Trump's political campaign' ..."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/07/politics/trump-settlement-trump-foundation-new-york/index.html

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

44 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

He did it. He finally did it. Trump tweets out his "simple cloth coat" Checkers speech. #NotACrook [View all] Miles Archer Nov 2019 OP

None of the charities listed in the last paragraph will see a dime of Trump's money. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #1

the donations sometimes do materialize unblock Nov 2019 #9

OMG I literally thought the same thing after reading the OP and then seeing your post BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #35

"In her decision filed Thursday, Justice Saliann Scarpulla found that struggle4progress Nov 2019 #2

Thank YOu for posting this from the decision of the Judge Scarpulla Stuart G Nov 2019 #34

He's so damn delusional!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #3

Yeah, that's why the judge made you sign to acknowledge all of the illegal money usage. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #4

Fuck you Drumpf, you Nazi. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2019 #5

The only real response to make. Lucky Luciano Nov 2019 #36

I wonder who writes the fool's statements. He's incapable of writing this in a coherent manner. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #6

The ghostwriter just builds around Harker Nov 2019 #14

Yep!!! "... some semblance of realism," and sanity too! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2019 #18

i'm guessing he dictates to a translator. mopinko Nov 2019 #16

Yep!!! For sure!!! RKP5637 Nov 2019 #17

Then they still have to clean it up Captain Zero Nov 2019 #41

He's discovered that as long as he fires back a constant stream of lies jcgoldie Nov 2019 #7

Perfectly said! Alithea Nov 2019 #23

Of course he brings up the Clintons! Johnny2X2X Nov 2019 #8

Except that Nixon was probably not lying about the coat. Marcuse Nov 2019 #10

Yes...I wasn't alluding to honesty or dishonesty on that one... Miles Archer Nov 2019 #13

True dat! Marcuse Nov 2019 #15

Of for Fuck's Sake ScratchCat Nov 2019 #11

If it was righteous why did he settle and admit it was a fraud?? gibraltar72 Nov 2019 #12

$19 Million? Sure. Prove it, liar. No one believes you anymore. If anything, I hope that the ... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #19

"Every penny of the $19 million .... went to hundreds of great charitable causes." Botany Nov 2019 #20

What a lying piece of shit. just go the fuck away don. spanone Nov 2019 #21

FORTY FIVE MILLION or more American adults WORSHIP HIM Eliot Rosewater Nov 2019 #27

Sort of like Trump University scam? kentuck Nov 2019 #22

Ironicly, Pam Bondi is now on tRump's impeaching defense team. ffr Nov 2019 #29

Flim flam man tenaciousdem Nov 2019 #30

The judge must have imposed for him to shut up about the case Perseus Nov 2019 #24

Is this the PUBLIC ADMISSION OF GUILT that the court ordered? RainCaster Nov 2019 #25

Can't be a "Checkers" speech without a dog. Trump hates dogs except for the bomb sniffing types yellowcanine Nov 2019 #26

I'm so tired of trump's 'Poor Pitiful Me' assertions - he's a corrupt, lying, POS. iluvtennis Nov 2019 #28

1st paragraph is Trump, as is the attacks on AGs; the rest, Javanka, or his attorney muriel_volestrangler Nov 2019 #31

How is it the authorities always have the Trump activities backwards? bucolic_frolic Nov 2019 #32

Trump is perhaps the only person in history BKDem Nov 2019 #33

Oh... woe is me. usaf-vet Nov 2019 #37

Let's remember that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with zero credibility. Martin Eden Nov 2019 #38

I'd like to thank David Farenthold for making sure this happened to Trump. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #39

Correct me if I'm wrong, gab13by13 Nov 2019 #40

I won't rest until he's forced to give up his little dog Checkers. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #42

Meals on Wheels, isn't that the charity that trump defunded? George II Nov 2019 #43

I don't understand why the judge was so lenient. crickets Nov 2019 #44