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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump used his charity to settle lawsuits.
Washington Post:
Donald Trump spent more than a quarter-million dollars from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits that involved the billionaires for-profit businesses, according to interviews and a review of legal documents.
Those cases, which together used $258,000 from Trumps charity, were among four newly documented expenditures in which Trump may have violated laws against self-dealing which prohibit nonprofit leaders from using charity money to benefit themselves or their businesses.
In one case, from 2007, Trumps Mar-a-Lago Club faced $120,000 in unpaid fines from the town of Palm Beach, Fla., resulting from a dispute over the size of a flagpole.
In a settlement, Palm Beach agreed to waive those fines if Trumps club made a $100,000 donation to a specific charity for veterans. Instead, Trump sent a check from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, a charity funded almost entirely by other peoples money, according to tax records.
Those cases, which together used $258,000 from Trumps charity, were among four newly documented expenditures in which Trump may have violated laws against self-dealing which prohibit nonprofit leaders from using charity money to benefit themselves or their businesses.
In one case, from 2007, Trumps Mar-a-Lago Club faced $120,000 in unpaid fines from the town of Palm Beach, Fla., resulting from a dispute over the size of a flagpole.
In a settlement, Palm Beach agreed to waive those fines if Trumps club made a $100,000 donation to a specific charity for veterans. Instead, Trump sent a check from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, a charity funded almost entirely by other peoples money, according to tax records.
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-used-258000-from-his-charity-to-settle-legal-problems/2016/09/20/adc88f9c-7d11-11e6-ac8e-cf8e0dd91dc7_story.html?postshare=7751474381637324&tid=ss_tw
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Trump used his charity to settle lawsuits. (Original Post)
kstewart33
Sep 2016
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C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)1. This cannot be legal.
But will there be charges filed?
annabanana
(52,791 posts)2. k&r. . . . . .
His mendacity knows no bounds...
SHRED
(28,136 posts)3. Is this legal?
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)4. No, it is not. nt
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)5. Yesterday, he mocked the prison system for providing
humane conditions, including healthcare. Better be careful, Donald. You may soon find out a lot more about prison.