Discussion: Trump Charity Gave $100K To Citizens United Group Suing AG He Opposed

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Trump Charity Gave $100K To Citizens United Group Suing AG He Opposed Trump Charity Gave $100K To Citizens United Group Suing AG He Opposed Back to article
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Obviously someone tricked Trump into making that donation, just like Larry King tricked him into the interview on the state-owned Russian television network.

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Hello, American Media.

Anyone home?

Helllloooo??

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I donā€™t see why this donation would be questionable from a legal standpoint. Lawyers?

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Donald Trumpā€™s charitable foundation gave a whopping $100,000 to a conservative group pursuing legal action against the New York attorney general at the same time that office was conducting a fraud probe into Trump University, Yahoo News reported Friday.

When I saw the story title, I was hoping that the AG was Bondi. Yes its stupid for me to believe that, but his blatant nature continues to bothers me. Has anyone talked to the AP yet? According to them, both sides do these things often.

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In other words, the ā€œcharityā€ is nothing more than a political slush fund.

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Hello, Ted Cruz.

Anyone home?

Helllloooo??

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bad optics/influencing policy

the two things that heā€™s ā€˜kvetchingā€™ about Clinton being guilty of.

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"According to Yahoo, the revelation about Trumpā€™s donation to the Citizens United Foundation ā€œcould raise fresh questions about whether Trump has used his tax-exempt charity to further political and personal causes.ā€

Ya think?

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According to Yahoo, the revelation about Trumpā€™s donation to the Citizens United Foundation ā€œcould raise fresh questions about whether Trump has used his tax-exempt charity to further political and personal causes.ā€

Yahoo? This is what so-called American Journalism has sunk too? Yahoo?

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Charlie Robinson is a good journalist.

Iā€™d like to thank Google for reminding me to always make sure to get peopleā€™s last names right.

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Time for some super-pac ads about ā€œCrooked Donaldā€.

Seriously, I swear that the right wing may very well be the text book case for group projectionā€¦

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Donald Trumpā€™s charitable foundation gave a whopping $100,000 to a conservative group pursuing legal action against the New York attorney general at the same time that office was conducting a fraud probe into Trump University, Yahoo News reported Friday.

Poor Pubbies. Now Pubbies have a second fire to put out. Never heard of the Clinton Foundation making illegal contributions like that.

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Every time Bondiā€™s name is mentioned it should be noted that he also bribed the Texas AG.

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Not familiar with him, but Iā€™ll take your word for itā€¦

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It happened to come as the Citizens United foundation, which is part of a GOP activist network run by Trumpā€™s newly-hired deputy campaign manager, David Bossie, was pursuing a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for his efforts to require nonprofit groups to disclose the identity of their donors. That suit has since been dismissed.

https://twitter.com/MaraLiasson/status/771680259091619840

oh i wonder what will she say today?

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Trump: All legal. Money is after all free speech and I have plenty to say.

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Waitā€¦you mean "pay to play "ā€¦?

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I think the term in question here is ā€œcharitableā€ contributions.

If you assume that Donald J. Trump is the beneficiary, then yes, his contributions are indeed charitable.

If you assume he gives to good causes out of the kindness of his heartā€¦not so much:

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