The controversy over the Trump Foundation donation has gained extra attention because Trump has been attacking Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonSenate seats most likely to flip Trump says voters “don’t care” if he releases taxes: report Dems aim for state legislatures to win back the House MORE over what he alleges has been a “pay-to-play” scheme at the Clinton Foundation. More specifically, the donation of $25,000 was given from the Donald J. Trump Foundation (DJTF), to the Attorney General of Florida Pam Bondi. Registered nonprofits like the Trump Foundation can not make political donations. The conveniently timed contribution right before Bondi didn’t investigate Trump University for fraud should have come from Donald Trump himself. Ultimately, she decided not to pursue the case any further. The foundation’s giving is small and scattershot, with its gifts often sent to people whom Trump knows, or charities that hold their galas at his properties in NY and Florida.
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Almost two weeks after the GOP presidential candidate alleged that Clinton was running a “pay-to-play” scheme during her time in the US State Department, the Clinton campaign is now ripping Trump for the same thing.
What followed, a Trump Organization representative told The Post in March, were a series of mistakes that led to the IRS filing oversight.
“It was just an honest mistake”, McConney said. He added: “It wasn’t done intentionally to hide a political donation, it was just an error”. McConney said, upon learning of the mistakes, Trump filed the necessary paperwork to disclose the donation to the IRS. “We’ve done what [we] were instructed to do”, he said.
Digging into the story deeper, it appears that the optics may be much worse for Trump and Bondi, especially when painted next to the issues of Trump University. The Kansas group did not receive any funds from Trump’s foundation. In fact, the Trump Foundation had not actually sent the Kansas group any money.
That request came as Bondi was considering allegations that Trump University – a real estate seminar business – had defrauded customers in Florida.Trump made a decision to give to the group connected to Bondi, called “And Justice for All”.
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Asked on Monday what he was “hoping to get out of that donation”, Trump responded: “I’ve just known Pam Bondi for years”.
