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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Nov 25, 2016, 09:31 AM Nov 2016

Why Did Donald Trump Take Money From This Sketchy Ukrainian Oligarch?

When Victor Pinchuk gave the Clinton Foundation money, Trump called it ‘crooked.’ When the same billionaire gave to his charity, Trump buttered the guy up.

GIDEON RESNICK
BRANDY ZADROZNY

11.23.16 1:13 AM ET

Almost $600,000 per hour. That’s the fee Donald Trump’s charity got for recording a video on behalf of a Ukrainian oligarch.

It’s a payment that could be in violation of tax laws, legal experts told The Daily Beast. When Hillary Clinton’s foundation received money from the very same billionaire, Donald Trump blasted her as “crooked.”

Ukrainian steel magnate Victor Pinchuk’s foundation was the single largest outside donor to Donald Trump’s private charity in 2015, according to new IRS filings filed by the organization. The $150,000 gift amounted to 20 percent of the foundation’s total donations during that time, the documents showed. The filings also affirmed Trump violated tax laws by using his private foundation to self-deal, or enrich himself and his businesses instead of fulfilling a charitable mission.

Pinchuk’s gift was given in conjunction with a short video Trump made for the Yalta European Strategy annual meeting, held in Kiev in September of 2015, according to The Washington Post.

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Why Did Donald Trump Take Money From This Sketchy Ukrainian Oligarch? (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2016 OP

And Trump was already running for president when his foundation took this money. think Nov 2016 #1

K&R. Barack_America Nov 2016 #2

Come on Obama lark Nov 2016 #3

Right. Justice for a Reep .. ananda Nov 2016 #4

They need to do so quickly if it's ever gonna happen. Ligyron Nov 2016 #5

Sooon we'll have an Attorney General would ask the death penalty for a parking ticket DFW Nov 2016 #6

think

(11,641 posts)

1. And Trump was already running for president when his foundation took this money.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 09:55 AM

Nov 2016

Pay to play laws should be much stricter so this kind of stuff ends. If you're going to be representing the American people you shouldn't be taking money for yourself or your foundation from billionaires and corporations who obviously expect something in return once you're in office.

Trump openly admitted that he gave money to politicians to get something in return. And then as a candidate he puts himself in the exact same situation where he will be expected to do something in return now that he is going to be president...

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)

2. K&R.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 09:57 AM

Nov 2016

lark

(23,102 posts)

3. Come on Obama

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 10:15 AM

Nov 2016

Send this to the Justice Dept. for immediate charges, stop playing so fucking nice. He's the devil and will destroy us unless your Jusstice Dept. takes necessary action against this serial criminal.

ananda

(28,862 posts)

4. Right. Justice for a Reep ..

Reply to lark (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 10:34 AM

Nov 2016

.. doing the oligarchs' bidding?

Ligyron

(7,632 posts)

5. They need to do so quickly if it's ever gonna happen.

Reply to lark (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 10:35 AM

Nov 2016

Soon a dump get's sworn in the DOJ will have a whole different agenda.

Like getting rid of weed and putting every POC they can find in jail.

DFW

(54,387 posts)

6. Sooon we'll have an Attorney General would ask the death penalty for a parking ticket

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 10:54 AM

Nov 2016

That is, if it's a Democrat, a POC, or a citizen of another country committing the offense.

If it's a Republican, well is there anyone left who would dispute that Trump could shoot someone to death on broad daylight on Fifth Avenue, and no one will lift a finger or ask a question?

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