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Dance. >> reporter: a christmas eve transition announcement about shuttering the trump charitable foundation hit a roadblock. the new york attorney general who is investigating the upon dagss alleged violations said the foundation is still under investigation by this office and cannot legally dissolve until that investigation is complete. a washington post investigation reported the upon dags spent $258,000 to settle legal problems unrelated to the charity and trump separately used charity money...

Were outside the lines of what foundations should be doing. but beyond that, you know, david is right. trump uses twitter to project strength, and he uses it to leverage his strength for whatever hes going to do next. he gives you those hints every time he sends out a tweet. hes letting you know how he feels about something, like when he was talking about president obama. i like the fact that he acknowledged, gave him a hat tip, like i know you needed to say that, i would have said it too. but n...

Wilted fig leaf to cover up his remaining conflicts of interest and his pitiful record of charitable giving. joining us now guy benson town hall.com political editor and emily shire political editor at the bustle. good to see you both. merry christmas. emily is this a situation no matter what donald trump does will not be satisfied? >> no. i think its very simple what he needs to do. he needs to divest and put his assets in a blind trust. until he does that i think democrats will keep hammering ...

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Shutter the trump foundation. the charitable foundation in his name. that may be easier said than done. the new york attorney generals office releasing a statement saying that donald trump cannot legally shutter that foundation because an investigation is ongoing. the new york attorney general launching that into accusations of self dealing. meaning trump has been accused of using the charitable fou foundation to settle business and private suits using the charitys money. donald trump has not do...

The transition team analysis hit a road block. alleged violations said through a spokeswoman, the trump foundation is still until investigation by this office and cannot legally dissolve until that investigation is complete. a "the washington post" investigation found the foundation spend $258,000 to settle legal problems unrelated to the charity, and separately bought an immense portrait of mr. trump. a former white house ethics attorney said dissolving the foundation could take time. >> you ne...

I dont have any firsthand knowledge of it. thats what the attorney general, i guess, wants to determine. but the foundation should be shut down for all practical purposes. i believe thats what the president-elect is going to do. foundations are a challenge. you need to make sure the foundation is completely independent of your for-profit business enterprises. you cannot have self-dealing in foundations. and i dont know whether the rules were violated here or not. there also are irs penalties if ...

Himself. >> you need to make sure the foundation is completely independent of your for-profit business enterprises, you cannot have self-dealing in the foundation. and i dont know whether the rules were violated here or not. >> reporter: regardless of the investigation, ceasing operations on the trump foundation is hardly a heavy lift. trump hasnt donated since 2008 and it has no paid staff. the real question is how trump will separate himself for the for-profit organization, a worldwide empire,...

Self-dealing. the trump foundation paid a fine for giving what was deemed to be an inappropriate political donation to a group supporting florida attorney general pam bondi who was at the time investigating trump university and she ended up not going through with that investigation. the trump foundation has been embroiled in scandals for years. and i think ending it is one small step in the right direction untanglining the president-elect from his legal conflicts. this is something the transitio...

Means and the idea that dissolving the foundation really could be easier said than done. >> reporter: well, its interesting because the foundation actually has no employees, it has no real active fundraising operation to speak of so it should be relatively easy to shut it down but the problem is, the trump foundation is currently under an investigation launched by the new york attorney general and the new york attorney generals spokeswoman told me in an e-mail, "the trump foundation is still und...