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napkinz

(17,199 posts)
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 09:41 PM Sep 2016

Trump Foundation lacks the certification required for charities that solicit money

Source: Washington Post

By David A. Fahrenthold
September 29 at 8:25 PM

Donald Trump’s charitable foundation — which has been sustained for years by donors outside the Trump family — has never obtained the certification that New York requires before charities can solicit money from the public, according to the state attorney general’s office.

Under the laws in New York, where the Donald J. Trump Foundation is based, any charity that solicits more than $25,000 a year from the public must obtain a special kind of registration beforehand. Charities as large as Trump’s must also submit to a rigorous annual audit that asks — among other things — whether the charity spent any money for the personal benefit of its officers.

If New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) finds that Trump’s foundation raised money in violation of the law, he could order the charity to stop raising money immediately. With a court’s permission, Schneiderman could also force Trump to return money that his foundation has already raised.

The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-foundation-lacks-the-certification-required-for-charities-that-solicit-money/2016/09/29/7dac6a68-8658-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html

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drray23

(7,636 posts)
1. when is he going to be finally indicted?
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 09:51 PM
Sep 2016

with all that is being found out about Trump why is it that he is not being indicted yet ? Are prosecutors ( or district attorneys I guess ) afraid they would be viewed as interfering with the electoral process ? Any other person would be indicted by now . Are they keeping their powder dry for november 9 ?

BayouBengal07

(1,486 posts)
2. Maybe that was the idea behind the presidential run?
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 09:56 PM
Sep 2016

To give Trump a political shield to hide behind for a few years; all that campaign cash floating around for the taking...He did say he might be the only candidate who could make money on a presidential run.

Eugene

(61,935 posts)
3. I'm losing track here. Is this the third Trump scandal in 24 hours?
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 09:57 PM
Sep 2016

Let's see:

Cuba.
Trying to fire women who aren't pretty enough.
This.

Have I missed anything?

radical noodle

(8,010 posts)
5. It's like a dam breaking
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 10:03 PM
Sep 2016

Or the dominoes falling. Once one starts peeling away the layers of most organizations one can often start finding all the corners they cut, but he's a big fraud. This presidential run is the worse thing he could have done.

keithbvadu2

(36,865 posts)
6. No legitimate certificate for a phony charity?
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 10:04 PM
Sep 2016

No legitimate certificate for a phony charity?

Is that it?

keithbvadu2

(36,865 posts)
15. I should have written that better.
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 07:27 AM
Sep 2016

I meant: was that accurate?

It was by no means a defense of him.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
11. Trump's campaign manager confirmed the Cuba embargo crime, but not this one yet.
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 12:32 AM
Sep 2016

If you're campaign manager only admits one of your crimes of the day, can you still say, "You're fired"?

CarrieLynne

(497 posts)
8. yanno - I would never run for prez....cause
Thu Sep 29, 2016, 10:05 PM
Sep 2016

...i got enough shit in my background just from partying a lil too hard in the 80's lol

WHY the fuck would anyone with the background this guy has EVER run for prez? you KNOW u dont pass the sniff test man! (BTW - wrong kinda Sniff there Don ) you just want ALL your shit out ion the open? wifes nakey pics? dirty dealings w our enemies? shit man think for a minute lol

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
14. There's a problem with a list of Trump's known crimes
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 05:41 AM
Sep 2016

The Internet is not large enough to hold a list of Trump's known crimes, and most people can't type fast enough to keep a list like that updated with the New Crimes of the Hour.

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
12. While I imagine they'll try ignorance after denial doesn't pan out...
Fri Sep 30, 2016, 01:59 AM
Sep 2016

the article notes:

Trump’s son Eric has his own foundation, also headquartered in New York, which raises money from the public through an annual golf tournament.

Unlike his father’s charity, however, the Eric Trump Foundation has registered to solicit funds in the state and files an annual audit report. The two Trump foundations share an accountant, Donald Bender of the firm WeiserMazars. A spokeswoman for the firm declined to comment on Thursday.


So the son's foundation, which employs the exact same accountant, does follows the regulations.

In case you didn't read the entire article, it indicates that there is a different between solicited gifts, and gifts merely received without any fund-raising effort or request. If someone gives a gift to a charity which did not solicit it in any way, that gift would not trigger this registration/reporting requirement. Since they did not employ a professional fund raiser, they also may claim that the rule doesn't apply to them. However, there's evidence, noted in the article, that certain gifts were directly solicited by Trump.
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