New York sues Trump family foundation

j-mac said:

"A criminal entity"???

Knowing that you derive your opinion from snarky leftist comedians, please tell us how so, who should be charged, with what, and what your evidence is? Keep in mind that buying an oil painting is not a crime, unless of course you think a purchase should be illegal, in which case the conference table McCabe used $70K to purchase while at the FBI makes him a criminal too....

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As Oliver said, 'just because someone else does something ****ty doesn't mean you doing something ****ty doesn't matter.' Whether McCabe did something wrong or not is immaterial to whether Trump did something wrong. Whether that something was illegal, Philip T. Hackney, who was an attorney for the chief counsel of the I.R.S. specializing in nonprofit organizations, [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/opinion/trump-foundation-new-york-attorney-general.html"]weighs in[/URL]:

As a former attorney for the chief counsel of the I.R.S. who specialized in nonprofit organizations, I believe Mr. Trump is also criminally liable for his actions. If I were still at the I.R.S., based on the lawsuit, I would make a criminal referral, on charges of tax evasion or false statements on a tax return, or both.

On the tax evasion charge, the government must demonstrate that the defendant willfully failed to pay a tax he owed and acted to disguise or attempted to disguise that evasion. For a false statement charge, the government must show the defendant willingly signed a return under penalties of perjury, making a materially false statement that he knew was false.

These are not easy charges to prove, but the Trump Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is entrusted with money to be used exclusively for public charitable purposes. Any use of foundation money to benefit himself is akin to theft.

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j-mac said:

:lamo You really believe that?...oh my.

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I know that.

I know that because 1) I understand what the Clinton Foundation actually is. Perhaps you should educate yourself as you clearly do not...

https://www.clintonfoundation.org/

2) I know how to read audited financial statements and tax returns, each are publicly available. Perhaps you should educate yourself on this as well.

https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/annual-financial-reports

3) I know the Clinton's derived no personal benefit for the Foundation, because again, I can read their tax returns...

https://www.npr.org/2016/08/12/489776309/in-an-effort-to-pressure-trump-clinton-releases-tax-rate

...but I appreciate that not everyone knows how to read a tax return, so perhaps you will settle for this...

Democrat pundit: The Clintons 'take no salary,' get 'no personal benefit' from foundation | PunditFact

4) I know the foundation has a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the foremost authority on charitable foundations.... Perhaps you should know that too...

https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=16680

Even the employees validate its mission...

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Clinton-Foundation-Reviews-E230271.htm

I know the Clinton Foundation is a reputable charitable organization. I know the Trump Foundation does not meet ANY of the above criteria. In fact, it has a long and public history of struggle with legitimacy and keeping its self out of trouble with things like self-dealing...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danale...charity-money-into-his-business/#2682080e6b4a
https://www.npr.org/2016/12/25/5069...foundation-after-trump-pledges-to-dissolve-it
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37369515
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/donald-trump-scandals/474726/

So, unless you can post the Trump Tax Returns, the tax returns of the Trump Foundation, the Audited Financial Statements of the Trump Foundation and its Charity Navigator rating AND show that it well measures up to that of the Clinton Foundation.....and we all know you can't, it is painfully clear that your suggesting that the Clinton Foundation is even remotely similar to the Trump Foundation is among the most pathetic whataboutisms ever posted on DP --- and the insistence of the same a gross display of ignorance....

You have been schooled. In fact, you are so outclassed on this subject, I suggest you simply tuck tail and move along....

Rogue Valley said:

Trump supporters are oblivious to what Trump does. They're far too invested at this point.

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that is just a nice way of stating they are stuck soooooooooooo far up Trump's ass it's like being an ostrich with your head stuck in a dark place ........