trump used his charitys $ to settle his golf course lawsuits-5yrs later, the course paid the $ back

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.@realdonaldtrump used his charity’s $ to settle his golf course’s lawsuit. 5 yrs later, the course paid the $ back.

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Trump’s golf course reimbursed his foundation

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/trumps-golf-course-reimbursed-his-foundation/


Newsweek
21 Nov 2017 at 23:52 ET



Posted with permission from Newsweek

One of President Donald Trump's golf clubs reimbursed the president’s charitable foundation earlier this year more than $158,000 that the foundation spent to settle a lawsuit against the club—a disbursement that may violate rules against "self dealing" as well as an agreement not to make any financial moves while the foundation is being investigated by New York's attorney general

Trump National Golf Club reimbursed the Donald J. Trump Foundation in March after the latter paid the $158,000 to settle a lawsuit by Martin Greenberg, who had sued the golf course for failing to pay him a $1 million prize for hitting a hole-in-one at a charity event in 2010. The payout, which is detailed in the foundation’s 2016 tax filing made public on Monday and reported by the Washington Post, was made the day the parties settled the lawsuit.

According to tax experts, the reimbursement could be an instance of a prohibited practice known as “self-dealing,” in which a charity’s leaders use nonprofit money to benefit their businesses or themselves.
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Trump has used the foundation to settle two separate lawsuits, including one with Palm Beach, Florida, over the height of a flag pole at his Mar-a-Lago resort. He used the foundation to donate $25,000 to a political organization connected to Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi, leading to a fine from the Internal Revenue Service. Trump also used the foundation to purchase a portrait of himself for one of his golf clubs. ...................