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MorbidButterflyTat

(4,264 posts)
24. Maybe try grasping reality.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 06:43 PM
Jan 1

NEW YORK –New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after Donald J. Trump was forced to pay more than $2 million in court-ordered damages to eight different charities for illegally misusing charitable funds at the Trump Foundation for political purposes:

“Not only has the Trump Foundation shut down for its misconduct, but the president has been forced to pay $2 million for misusing charitable funds for his own political gain....Funds have finally gone where they deserve — to eight credible charities. My office will continue to fight for accountability because no one is above the law — not a businessman, not a candidate for office, and not even the president of the United States.”

As part of a resolution of the lawsuit announced on November 7th, Trump was ordered to pay $2 million, or $250,000, a piece to eight different charities. Those charities are Army Emergency Relief, the Children’s Aid Society, Citymeals-on-Wheels, Give an Hour, Martha’s Table, the United Negro College Fund, the United Way of National Capital Area, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Additionally, Trump was forced to reimburse his namesake foundation $11,525 for sports paraphernalia and champagne purchased at a charity gala, which was added to $1,797,598.30 already in the foundation’s bank account. The combined $1,809,123.30 was split evenly and recently transferred to the eight agreed upon charities. Each charity ended up receiving a total of $476,140.41.

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2019/donald-j-trump-pays-court-ordered-2-million-illegally-using-trump-foundation


Quite defensive of Piggy, huh.

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Being a true Class-Lady........The media has turned into a Shithouse ditch. chouchou Jan 1 #1
Oh, I just saw that the media IS freaking out senseandsensibility Jan 1 #2
The corpo media LOVES Trump. USS_Dauntless Jan 1 #4
I'm seeing a trend BaronChocula Jan 1 #7
I would rather call you 'observant', to be honest. OldBaldy1701E Jan 1 #10
My first compliment of 2026 BaronChocula Jan 1 #11
True. OldBaldy1701E Jan 1 #14
those green papers are becoming valueless rampartd Jan 2 #37
Socialists like silk pillow cases too Captain Zero Jan 1 #31
WHICH Media is "freaking out"? maxsolomon Jan 2 #38
The money Greg_In_SF Jan 1 #3
Lol senseandsensibility Jan 1 #5
Last time I checked Greg_In_SF Jan 1 #6
You really, truly, honestly believe Demobrat Jan 1 #9
Do you have Greg_In_SF Jan 1 #20
Maybe try grasping reality. MorbidButterflyTat Jan 1 #24
The best indicator of future behavior is past behavior. Demobrat Jan 1 #27
krasnov's entire, fucking, lying, thieving, grifting, scheming, traitorous, niyad Jan 2 #42
Poor Donald Cirsium Jan 2 #45
Do we know if the money made it out of MaraLoco? Captain Zero Jan 1 #33
Hmmmmmmm......My Momma Raised A Skeptic..... ColoringFool Jan 1 #12
And you really believe that, Gregg? I wonder what else you believe. paleotn Jan 1 #18
What evidence Greg_In_SF Jan 1 #21
What evidence do you have that it is, Gregg? paleotn Jan 1 #22
You mean Greg_In_SF Jan 1 #23
Link? MorbidButterflyTat Jan 1 #25
Don't have a Greg_In_SF Jan 1 #26
You're sooooo believable. paleotn Jan 1 #29
The auction participants. Not Trump directly. paleotn Jan 1 #28
Yes Greg_In_SF Jan 1 #30
Reading comprehension. Re-read what I typed. paleotn Jan 1 #32
No thanks Greg_In_SF Jan 1 #34
Poor baby! paleotn Jan 1 #35
He may have thanked the auction participants, Demobrat Jan 1 #36
It probably did go to St. Judes, Greg in SF maxsolomon Jan 2 #39
I'm not. Greg_In_SF Jan 2 #41
I'll push back on "wonderful". maxsolomon Jan 5 #47
Well, we will have to Greg_In_SF Jan 5 #48
Show me the proof, from a legitimate, reliable source. I'll wait. niyad Jan 2 #43
Sounds serious Torchlight Jan 5 #49
And Obama liked Grey Poupon. MSM sux. C-Span and full confession, we like Velshi, Rachel, Lawrence, Nichole and most of Evolve Dammit Jan 1 #8
Can't wait for Lawrence to return senseandsensibility Jan 1 #13
Only surpassed by the tan suit! Evolve Dammit Jan 1 #15
Plus hibbing Jan 1 #16
Forgetting so quickly that Reagan wore tan suits quite often. paleotn Jan 1 #19
It was just an ID10T error. Hoosier_Progressiv Jan 1 #17
Our media has capitulated tonekat Jan 2 #40
IOKIYAR, forever and ever, Amen LymphocyteLover Jan 2 #44
Of course if a Dem did a tiny fraction of what trump did it would be non stop outrage Jbraybarten Jan 2 #46
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