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The judge should order that Trump Foundation money go to the Democratic party. (Original Post) milestogo Dec 2018 OP
Nah... give it to a good charity. Clinton Foundation! califootman Dec 2018 #1
Well, no. :) People believed they were donating that money to charity. manor321 Dec 2018 #2
That can't happen. euphorb Dec 2018 #3
Give it to Planned Parenthood. Ohiogal Dec 2018 #4
This is my suggestion also Gothmog Dec 2018 #9
That won't happen; but there are probably some charities The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #5
Maybe the Trumps can help out this charity Jarqui Dec 2018 #6
Good grief that is a terrible idea. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #7
Planned Parenthood, as previously stated. NT GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #8

euphorb

(279 posts)
3. That can't happen.
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 05:58 PM
Dec 2018

By law, all the funds in the foundation must be distributed to other charities that have 501(c)(3) status.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
5. That won't happen; but there are probably some charities
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:06 PM
Dec 2018

that were promised donations and never got them. They should get the money.

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
6. Maybe the Trumps can help out this charity
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 06:19 PM
Dec 2018

Putin's Blueberry Hill 'fails to pay charity bill'
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/putins-blueberry-hill-fails-to-pay-charity-bill-2237551.html

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The event was attended by Hollywood stars such as Kevin Costner, Mickey Rourke and Sharon Stone, who could be seen clapping as Mr Putin soldiered his way through the song. Stone and Mr Putin also sang a duet. But while people allegedly paid up to £20,000 to attend the event, nobody seems to know what has happened to the money.

The mother of one 13-year-old girl who was due to receive funds for cancer treatment wrote to President Dmitry Medvedev's Twitter account to complain that no money had been received. "A very strange situation has arisen," she wrote in an open letter. "Before and after the concert there was talk about handing over funds, and now it appears that no one had promised anything."
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A spokeswoman for Federation told Russian news agencies that the event had never been intended to raise money for the children, but was simply meant to raise awareness. She said that tickets for the event had not been sold, and that the foundation did not even have a bank account. However Novaya Gazeta, the Russian newspaper which is part owned by The Independent's owner Alexander Lebedev, found people in St Petersburg who had paid for tickets and had been offered VIP seats for up to £20,000.

In a series of bad-tempered interviews this week, Mr Kiselyov told journalists that Federation had carried out all its responsibilities, and that children had received toys. He did not clarify whether medical equipment would also be provided to doctors, as originally expected, and said that journalists should stop trying to delve into the matter.

... Mr Peskov said that Mr Putin had been informed about the allegations around the money from the charity gala and would "follow extremely attentively what effect the charity concert will have".


The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree ...

Voltaire2

(13,061 posts)
7. Good grief that is a terrible idea.
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 07:36 PM
Dec 2018

We need to be really clear that we are for strengthening democratic institutions, not corrupting them for partisan advantage. That is what they are doing, and it is dangerously wrong.

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