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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBOSTON GLOBER: Trump’s Bondi donation is NOT nothing!
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walked in the rain with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, as they arrived at a campaign rally in Tampa in August.
Donald Trump insists he did nothing wrong by failing to disclose his foundations $25,000 donation to a political group linked to Floridas attorney general, Pam Bondi. After all, he says, he paid a $2,500 fine in an effort to put the matter to rest. A minor issue, Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks told NBC.
Thats disingenuous spin of the first order. Its also illegal. The Donald J. Trump Foundation, which is organized under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, clearly violated its tax-exempt status by making the contribution a fact brought to light in March by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. But this is more than an accounting error. Theres a whiff of scandal that demands full attention from voters who might otherwise be trying to make their post-Labor Day peace with the fact that Trump is now the Republican standard-bearer.
It seems more than coincidental that the donation from the foundation was made on Sept. 17, 2013, four days after reports emerged that Bondis office was mulling an investigation of fraud charges against Trump University. Bondi never pressed ahead with any probe, and endorsed Trumps candidacy. Campaigning in Ohio on Monday, Trump said: Ive just known Pam Bondi for years. I have a lot of respect for her. Never spoke to her about that at all. In June, however, Bondis spokesperson told the Associated Press that she personally solicited the political contribution around the time her office deliberated joining the fraud investigation. So which is it?
Trump has slammed Hillary Clinton about potential conflicts of interest involving Clinton Foundation donors when she was secretary of state. And this page has called on Clinton to shut down the foundation if she is elected. But there is no indication that Clinton has misreported donations or made illegal political contributions.
SOURCE: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2016/09/07/trump-bondi-donation-not-nothing/JY6rz6AAAQu9PUMGmWPUiP/story.html
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BOSTON GLOBER: Trump’s Bondi donation is NOT nothing! (Original Post)
BigBearJohn
Sep 2016
OP
Same reason why the IRS fined him for making the illegal transfer of money, ergo it is something.
Thinkingabout
Sep 2016
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rurallib
(62,416 posts)1. If he did nothing wrong, then it should withstand scrutiny
as should his taxes
lapucelle
(18,261 posts)2. Always the consummate gentleman,
Trump shares his umbrella with the lady by his side.
I had to scroll back up and look!
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)3. Notice how that pompuous jerk protects himself from the rain
and lets the eye candy fend for herself?
DinahMoeHum
(21,789 posts)4. +1000s
n/t
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)5. Same reason why the IRS fined him for making the illegal transfer of money, ergo it is something.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)6. This story will quickly fade out of view.
And HRC's alleged indiscretions will continue to get headlines.
That's how it works in the MSM.