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Charitable foundation. the trump foundation is closing. now, reporting on the dubious financial practices of the trump foundation last year earned washington post reporter a politzer prize. thats how we learned that trump himself had not donated any money to his own charitable foundation since at least 2008. since that round of reporting sparked by the presidents campaign last year, since that round of reporting began, the trump foundation admitted formally to self-dealing, meaning it disbursed ...

And i think from the beginning, first jim comey and now the special counsel are going to be following the money trail from the bottom up and from the outside in, and theyre going to be looking for self-dealing. and politically whats interesting to me is that donald trump clearly was upset that jared kushners sister was over in china basically offering to exchange visas for investments in the kushner familys condo buildings. that apparently got the president extremely upset, and he may be wonderi...

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Illegal donations. you could look at attorney general pam bondi in florida. that he has engaged in self-dealing. he didnt properly register his foundation in new york new york. no matter what good his foundation has done. donald trump will be attacked for these missteps there are a lot of legal issues surrounding his foundation. >> there are legal issues but that seems like thats a big part of the frustration for donald trump. mr. sneiderman democratic attorney general here in new york last i ch...

Christmas eve. thats the evening that trump chose to make the unusual announcement that he says he will dissolve the foundation to avoid any appearance of conflict, although hes happy that the foundation has run for essentially no cost for decades with 100% of the money going to charity and we can tell you tonight that percent figure is false. its not true as many who have covered the foundation have shown. they paid that fine for a political donation and admitted to self-dealing. all of that wo...

Note, pay the irs a penalty for violating tax law on the issue. then there are the paint also. you may remember these from the campaign. two paintings of donald trump himself, one going six feet tall that donald trump bought using, yes, money from the charitable foundation. on t of all the obvious crassness of using other peoples money donated to charity to buy pictures of yourself, at least one has been found decorating a wall at one of trumps commercial properties which tax experts say, duh, y...

Yes, money from the charitable foundation. on top of all the obvious crassness of using other peoples money donated to charity to buy pictures of yourself, at least one has been found decorating a wall at one of trumps commercial properties which tax experts say, duh, you are definitely not allowed to do with a charitable purchase. you dont have to take my word. you dont have to take "the washington posts" word for it or all the tax experts that have been consulted, all you have to do is take th...

The new york attorney general who is investigating the foundations alleged violations said through a spokeswoman the trump foundation is still under investigation by the office and cannot legally dissolve until that investigation is complete. a "washington post" investigation reported the foundation spent $258,000 to settle legal problems unrelated to the charity and trump separately used charity money to buy a six-foot tall portrait of himself. a former gop white house ethics attorney says diss...

Never donated that money to those charities at all. instead something called the trump foundation made those donations and the trump foundation gives new meaning to opp, other peoples property, because its funded almost entirely with other peoples money. right around the time that trump was embroiled in this lawsuit against palm beach over the height of that flag pole, he was transforming the trump foundation, quote, into something rarely seen in the world of philanthropy, a name-branded foundat...