Somehow, repeatedly bragging about his ability to buy off politicians is backfiring for Donald Trump.
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“I got tickled the other day when Mr. Trump called my foundation a criminal enterprise”. “I’ve got to give to them because when I want something I get it”, he said in Clear Lake, Iowa. And do you know what? In a statement, all three said they “apologize if anyone was misled”. It’s true. They kiss my ass.
Trump a $2,500 fine to the IRS because charitable foundations are not allowed to make political contributions under tax law. The foundation incorrectly reported that the money went to an unrelated charity in Kansas with a similar name. When he later learned of Trump’s connection to Bondi through news reports, he stopped expecting to get an answer.
“His Trump Foundation has been fined for illegal activity, when it made a political contribution to the attorney general of Florida at the time she was being asked by her constituents to investigate Trump University“, Clinton said.
The Bondi situation looks like something more than that, with Trump and the attorney general trying to explain it away in different directions. Following the donation, the office did not open an investigation. “Of all of the 50 states where this was brought up, only one state pursued it, New York”, Spicer said Tuesday on CNN. Around the same time, Ms. Bondi’s office said it was weighing an investigation into allegations of fraud against scandal-ridden Trump University.
When a NY state commission investigated contributions to state and local officials in the 1980s, it subpoenaed Trump, who had contributed $150,000 to candidates in 1985.
“I’ve just known Pam Bondi for years”. “I just have a lot of respect for her as a person”.
“Of course, I asked Donald Trump for a contribution; that’s not what this is about”, she said. Abbott never was involved in the investigation, according to David Morales, the deputy attorney general at the time who oversaw the probe.
TUR: But it’s the questions about the appearance and timing of an illegal political donation that are now surrounding Trump.
But it turns out there was more. “Because I’ll win that case in court”, Trump said Monday. “Never spoken to her about it, never”, he added.
In an all-too-ironic twist, reports on the donation to Bondi arrive amidst Trump launching “pay-to-play” accusations against Hillary Clinton. Please see our terms of service for more information. Conway dismissed the allegations as a non-story and accused Hillary Clinton of being the real pay-to-play scoundrel. When they call, I give. They are there for me.
Did Bondi and Trump have a relationship before the $25,000 contribution? The improper donation, a $25,000 gift from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, was made in 2013. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a liberal watchdog group, said it will file an IRS complaint against Trump’s foundation on Wednesday, alleging that the candidate also broke a rule prohibiting “self-dealing”, which involves the head of a nonprofit using the charity’s money to benefit themselves.
– There was no invitation ever extended to our office from the New York Attorney General’s Office, or to the best of our knowledge, to any other attorney general’s office to join the New York lawsuit. It’s certainly something that we think ought to be investigated.
Donald Trump made the donation to a political organization that was supporting Mrs. Bondi, right after her office revealed that it was looking into the for-profit education business.
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The Huffington Post writes that Bondi held the $3,000-a-person event at the private resort in March 2014, seven months after she initiated a review of the suit led by NY state. And she’s done an fantastic job as the attorney general of Florida. Bondi’s office remained on the sidelines. And Trump says he still wants to reopen the school once the legal battles are resolved.
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