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(85,998 posts)
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 10:52 AM Jun 2018

BREAKING: CNN, NY Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Trump Foundation, Charity







report (WaPo): https://t.co/9Rw5uU7cbp

Matea Gold @mateagold 15m15 minutes ago
Underwood also asks that Trump be banned from leading any other New York nonprofit for 10 years — seeking to apply a penalty usually reserved for the operators of small-time charity frauds to the president of the United States.


twitter.com/mateagold/status/1007273826919550976


Caroline O. @RVAwonk
"The Attorney General’s investigation found that Trump Foundation raised in excess of $2.8 million in a manner designed to influence the 2016 presidential election at the direction and under the control of senior leadership of the Trump pres. campaign." https://t.co/9JvRd4GA0c


Caroline O. @RVAwonk 1h1 hour ago
"In violation of state and federal law, senior Trump campaign staff, including Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski, dictated the timing, amounts, and recipients of grants by the Foundation ..."




twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1007278481628123142
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BREAKING: CNN, NY Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Trump Foundation, Charity (Original Post) bigtree Jun 2018 OP
Happy birthday, Spanky! greatauntoftriplets Jun 2018 #1
Check our timing malaise Jun 2018 #3
LOl. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2018 #5
Ha Ha! Perfect timing! I hope this is his worst birthday ever! smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #4
Join the line malaise Jun 2018 #8
this is close Exotica Jun 2018 #56
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Jun 2018 #2
This is Eric Trump's foundation, right? sarcasmo Jun 2018 #6
The lawsuit is against Donald Trump and his 3 adult children: emulatorloo Jun 2018 #9
Thanks. sarcasmo Jun 2018 #12
Eric Trump foundation under investigation too sarcasmo Jun 2018 #59
That's our lawless 'president' spanone Jun 2018 #7
Absolutely. awesomerwb1 Jun 2018 #14
NYAG Barbara Underwood: Wwcd Jun 2018 #10
Great background info! thbobby Jun 2018 #27
She deserves a thread of her own. Sophia4 Jun 2018 #48
Compare to the resume of Trump's Cohen...worst law school in America graduate...but the Fred Sanders Jun 2018 #53
Don't mess with Barbara Underwood. Golden Raisin Jun 2018 #11
I feel like the rest of the week is going to be very nice. Glimmer of Hope Jun 2018 #13
Nice touch doing it on his birthday leftynyc Jun 2018 #15
Frauds getting a fraud indictment...Happy Birthday......what do you wish sexual predator & TRAITOR turbinetree Jun 2018 #16
BREAKING: New York AG announces lawsuit against Donald J. Trump Foundation and its board of director sunonmars Jun 2018 #17
Finally... disillusioned73 Jun 2018 #18
Don't blow out the candles tavernier Jun 2018 #19
Let's see, which kiddie runs the Foundation? FakeNoose Jun 2018 #20
Everything he is does or touches cilla4progress Jun 2018 #24
Yes - fraud and failure FakeNoose Jun 2018 #30
Barron is being groomed.... SergeStorms Jun 2018 #51
K & R Duppers Jun 2018 #21
That's an interesting question FakeNoose Jun 2018 #32
with handcuffs, at least we wouldn't have to watch him applauding himself, as in the first SOTU. nt yonder Jun 2018 #34
They can arrest him at his murielm99 Jun 2018 #43
Park a food truck with a McDonald's logo in front of the White House Siwsan Jun 2018 #45
😂 Duppers Jun 2018 #49
Keep in mind, right now this is just a civil suit requesting OliverQ Jun 2018 #22
There will be discovery and thbobby Jun 2018 #28
there's a federal referral which could lead to felony charges bigtree Jun 2018 #36
I want a state criminal referral. OliverQ Jun 2018 #37
this isn't over bigtree Jun 2018 #42
Not to mention.... SergeStorms Jun 2018 #52
good point bigtree Jun 2018 #54
BOOM! I wonder if.... Adrahil Jun 2018 #23
Schadenfreude Fritz Walter Jun 2018 #25
Yes, THERE IS A GOD!! onecent Jun 2018 #26
Its Criminal But Not Trump PaulX2 Jun 2018 #29
Just another example duforsure Jun 2018 #31
About time !!! FloridaBlues Jun 2018 #33
Cue Joe Biden jayschool2013 Jun 2018 #35
Who'da thunk? forgotmylogin Jun 2018 #38
The trail of crimes Donnie has left behind boggles the mind. Nitram Jun 2018 #39
Brilliant! Trump can't issue presidential pardons in State jurisdictions. Somebody's going to jail. W T F Jun 2018 #40
K&R Scurrilous Jun 2018 #41
In DJT's handwriting jayschool2013 Jun 2018 #44
Happy Birthday you crooked asshole. mountain grammy Jun 2018 #46
Take a number Ms Underwood. edbermac Jun 2018 #47
Heh Heh Heh- Exxxcellent! Marie Marie Jun 2018 #50
K&R for OMG SWEEEET! flibbitygiblets Jun 2018 #55
crooks ///// all of them trueblue2007 Jun 2018 #57
NY Daily News today robbedvoter Jun 2018 #58
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. Ha Ha! Perfect timing! I hope this is his worst birthday ever!
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 10:54 AM
Jun 2018

I want his evil, corrupt world to come crashing down around him!

awesomerwb1

(4,268 posts)
14. Absolutely.
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:08 AM
Jun 2018

And of course when it comes to immigration the gop xenophobes in congress just love to bring out the "we're a nation of laws" mantra ad nauseam.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
10. NYAG Barbara Underwood:
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:01 AM
Jun 2018
Replacing Schneiderman: A ‘Brilliant’ Lawyer Who Worked Behind the Scenes

Despite a life of firsts — first in her law-school class, the first woman to serve as the nation’s solicitor general and now the first to serve as New York State’s attorney general — Barbara D. Underwood has spent most of her career as a No. 2.

Working largely behind the scenes, she has served as the big-thinker-in-residence for a succession of bosses. In the 1980s, Ms. Underwood worked for the Brooklyn district attorney Elizabeth Holtzman, who recently called her “one of the most brilliant people I’ve ever met.” Ten years later, she served as a top deputy to Zachary W. Carter when he was the United States attorney in Brooklyn.

And soon enough Ms. Underwood went on to take a job as the chief lieutenant to Seth P. Waxman, the United States solicitor general under President Bill Clinton. “A thousand people asked for the job,” Mr. Waxman said. “I chose her.”

Underwood 73, has spent a decade as the office’s top appellate lawyer.
She replaces AG Eric Schneiderman.



https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/nyregion/schneiderman-replacement-barbara-underwood.html

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
27. Great background info!
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:31 AM
Jun 2018

I did not know enough about her. Still, do not I suspect. How fitting for spanky!

 

Sophia4

(3,515 posts)
48. She deserves a thread of her own.
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 01:18 PM
Jun 2018

It was not easy for a woman of her generation to go to law school back then. And to become the AG of New York. Wonderful!

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
53. Compare to the resume of Trump's Cohen...worst law school in America graduate...but the
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 07:20 PM
Jun 2018

total lack of ethics and willingness to brutalize is appealing to some clients.

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
16. Frauds getting a fraud indictment...Happy Birthday......what do you wish sexual predator & TRAITOR
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:13 AM
Jun 2018

you can't blow out these charges..............................

Whats your tax returns say about this fraud......................your going into court to explain ................fraud...........................................................

You and your criminal clan can go to jail..........................you have to testify under this indictment .....................happy fucking birthday......................... ...........................Traitor.......................

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
20. Let's see, which kiddie runs the Foundation?
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:21 AM
Jun 2018

Oh that's right ... Eric! Lock him up, lock them all up.
They've been milking this fake "Foundation" for tax-free goodies for the last 20 years.





cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
24. Everything he is does or touches
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:26 AM
Jun 2018

Reeks of fraud.

His life is a fraud.

His essence is a fraud.

He frauded his way into the Presidency.

Orange is the new fraud.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
30. Yes - fraud and failure
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:35 AM
Jun 2018


I think his son Barron is the only non-fraud. But give him time, he's only 12 or 13 years old.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
51. Barron is being groomed....
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 05:35 PM
Jun 2018

as the successor to the Trump Family grifting empire. Hopefully all he'll get are some rusted leg irons and the framed picture of his great-great-grandfather's whorehouse in B.C. Canada, donated by Prime Minister Trudeau. Barron might be the first Trump to actually have to work for a living. What a disgrace!

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
21. K & R
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:23 AM
Jun 2018

How will they arrest 45 if he refuses to leave the WH?

It would take an impeachment and conviction but what is the probability of that?

Question: if the Dems were to gain all their Senate and House Seats would it be enough to have a two-thirds majority?

There's going to be a constitutional crisis one way or another. Trump will continue to degrade governmental institutions.


FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
32. That's an interesting question
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:37 AM
Jun 2018

Maybe at the State of the Union address? He has to go to Congress for that, they can throw the cuffs on him and take him down on national TV.

yonder

(9,667 posts)
34. with handcuffs, at least we wouldn't have to watch him applauding himself, as in the first SOTU. nt
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:54 AM
Jun 2018

murielm99

(30,745 posts)
43. They can arrest him at his
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 12:42 PM
Jun 2018

fucking military parade. Or, at Mar-a-Lago. How long can he go without playing golf?

Siwsan

(26,269 posts)
45. Park a food truck with a McDonald's logo in front of the White House
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 12:55 PM
Jun 2018

Have some fans blowing the "aroma" towards the door. Then have the food truck personnel dressed like Vladdie Putin and Kimmy Jong Un.

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
22. Keep in mind, right now this is just a civil suit requesting
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:24 AM
Jun 2018

restitution, damages, the dissolving of the Trump foundation and temporary bans on any of the Trumps from opening charities for a certain period.

Let's hope this eventually gets referred for State criminal charges due to tax crimes and campaign finance violations.

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
28. There will be discovery and
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:34 AM
Jun 2018

hitting him financially is like Stormy kicking him in the balls. Just not enjoyable for him and his grifter clan.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
52. Not to mention....
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 05:41 PM
Jun 2018

all the federal and state papers they signed promising that this was a charity, and that NONE of this money was going to be used for any personal reasons. None. Lying on those forms holds a criminal penalty, both federal and state, if I'm not mistaken.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
23. BOOM! I wonder if....
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:24 AM
Jun 2018

The timing of this is partially meant to blunt the noise Hair Fuhrer is going to make about the IG report.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
31. Just another example
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:35 AM
Jun 2018

Of how trump accused others (Hillary and Bill Clinton) of corruption with no finding of anything against them, and now he is getting sued , and criminal charges may be next. This is trump , a corrupt , and lying criminal con man conning people out of anything he can get. And his claims he didn't conspire with putin and others to steal e mails, and corrupt the last election mean nothing. His supporters must now send in more money to his campaign , so he can funnel it into his pockets to use on his lavish lifestyle while feeding them more BS. He's an orange PT Barnum , and has found conning them with his propaganda is working.

forgotmylogin

(7,530 posts)
38. Who'da thunk?
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 12:28 PM
Jun 2018

If you collect money for "charity" that you can't write checks out of the same account for your personal bills and campaigning?

Additionally, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which has come under previous scrutiny for self-dealing and advancing the interests of its namesake rather than those of charity, apparently used the Eric Trump Foundation to funnel $100,000 in donations into revenue for the Trump Organization.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#b21302c6b4a3

Or even give to a different charity...

The attorney general, a Democrat who has publicly opposed the president’s policies, is also investigating the Donald J. Trump Foundation.

“If you are raising money for X, and you give it to Y, that is fraud, even if Y is a charity,” says James Fishman, a former assistant attorney general for the state of New York who now teaches at Pace University’s law school. “If I’m writing a check for somebody, and you give it to somebody else, I mean that is fraudulent.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/29/eric-trump-foundation-told-donors-money-went-to-kids-with-cancer-then-gave-to-different-causes/#12deab2ca16ft-causes/#12deab2ca16f

Nitram

(22,822 posts)
39. The trail of crimes Donnie has left behind boggles the mind.
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 12:29 PM
Jun 2018

You can't turn around without bumping into another one. Winning the presidency was the stupidest thing he ever did.

W T F

(1,148 posts)
40. Brilliant! Trump can't issue presidential pardons in State jurisdictions. Somebody's going to jail.
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 12:30 PM
Jun 2018

jayschool2013

(2,312 posts)
44. In DJT's handwriting
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 12:48 PM
Jun 2018

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Man, the New York AG included in their petition an actual picture of a note that is clearly in Trump's handwriting directing his charitable foundation to use funds to settle a legal issue involving Mar-a-lago. Trump can deflect all he wants; that's clearly illegal.</p>— Leon Wolf (@LeonHWolf) <a href="


?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2018</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

mountain grammy

(26,626 posts)
46. Happy Birthday you crooked asshole.
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 01:06 PM
Jun 2018

maybe, if Hillary had called him that onstage, to his face, just once, she'd be president today.. mmm what might have been. Even before this, his list of criminal behavior is and was legend. She should have gone there, live and in color.

If you don't fight the bullies loud and strong, they steal the election. Hindsight; 20/20

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