Rep. Waters on AMJOY just now: She gets unsolicited info that trump funneled earnings into

[EveHammond13]

his foundation so he does not have to pay taxes on it.

She reports she is turning it over to NY AG.

[Chin music]

1. "Reclaiming my time!"

[DirtEdonE]

15. +1! "Reclaiming our nation!"

Thank you for everything you do, Auntie Maxine!

If I may be permitted to say, REP. MAXINE WATERS IS A TRUE PATRIOT AND AN AMERICAN SHERO!

One of a kind.

[FakeNoose]

2. It's great news that the Chump Foundation has been shut down

The Chump family treated that "foundation" like their own personal piggy bank for way too long. They'd probably still be getting away with it if Donald had never run for President and done all his other shit.

[DirtEdonE]

18. The filthy trump traitor thieves tried to shut it down

Before the investigation was complete. The SDNY (IIRC) ordered the filthy bastards to keep it open until the investigation was complete.

From a good NY Times article on the disgusting criminal behavior of the entire trump "family" and staff. One of the most vile behaviors of human beings, IMO, is ripping off charitable resources especially when you're a supposed "billionaire".

"The president had said after the 2016 election that to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest, he would dissolve the foundation. But the attorney general’s office blocked him from doing so amid concerns about the handling of the foundation’s documents and assets."

Read the rest:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/nyregion/ny-ag-underwood-trump-foundation.html

Oh, for those who just want the short version:

"The foundation was accused by the attorney general, Barbara Underwood, of “functioning as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump’s business and political interests,” and of engaging in “a shocking pattern of illegality” that included unlawfully coordinating with Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign."

You can't get any lower than a trump. You can't. Mother Earth is ready to vomit just knowing there are trumps crawling on her surface.

[2naSalit]

24. +1

[samnsara]

3. Maxine was on some other program the other night...

..saying this same thing. No doubt its in the hands of the NY AG by now. WTG Maxine.

[DoctorJoJo]

4. If I Recall Correctly, One of the Foundation's Disbursements Was $5 for a Don Jr Cub Scout Fee ...

.... so, not only is Trump a huge thief, but a petty thief, too!

[ashredux]

5. Fake News.....

Actually I believe it was $7

[forgotmylogin]

9. The other implication of this...

Is that Trump's wives aren't allowed a checking account of their own.

Not to say that paying for children's activity fees are the wife's job, but we know McDonald is pretty hands-off in the parenting department (at least with children he doesn't find appealing...)

It suggests Trump doesn't give his wives access to any cash-not even seven bucks because activity fees for kids seem like something a partner with a spouse busy with business and a reality show would handle. Melania and other wives probably only have a credit card that can be monitored.

Bustle: "In 1989, @realDonaldTrump apparently used a charity's money to pay his son's $7 registration fee for the Boy Scouts," tweeted Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold, linking to an October 2016 report in which he looked into Trump's philanthropy record, which the businessman regularly boasted about in public.

https://www.bustle.com/p/did-trump-once-pay-his-sons-boy-scout-registration-fee-with-charity-money-72545

[renate]

16. That's a REALLY good point... I've never heard that brought up before

But now that you mention it, the idea that Father of the Year Donald Trump would so thoughtfully take care of paying Boy Scout dues if his wife had had access to $7 is laughable.

[DirtEdonE]

31. There is also the story of trump cashing a check for 13 cents

13 cents. trump is just plain greedy. Serially greedy. A true louse of a human being without the human being part.

Donald Trump Once Cashed A 13-Cent Check: Incredible True Stories Of President Trump

"Back in 1990, a New York-based monthly called Spy magazine decided to run a little social experiment. So it sent out letters to 58 of the richest people in the city that contained checks for $1.11 for "services that you were overcharged for."

Remarkably, 26 people cashed them, so Spy magazine kept sending the checks but cut the amount, this time to 64 cents.

When 13 of those 26 cashed them, the magazine sent those 13 respondents a 13- cent check. Only two people cashed them this time: one was a Saudi arms dealer, and the other was Donald Trump."

https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/donald-trump-once-cashed-13-cent-check-incredible-true-stories

[EveHammond13]

19. excellent point

[EveHammond13]

20. on the one hand, she can probably waltz into Bergdorf's and put $1000 shoes on the account

on the other she has no cash or credit card to buy McDonald's for lunch

[forgotmylogin]

28. I imagine she has a credit card.

But it's probably shared with DJT so he (or his people) can monitor her purchases, possibly dispute them if necessary, and see what else she's up to spending his money on.

The credit card would let her get those Jimmy Choos in the window on a whim and feel empowered, but won't let her empty a bank account and go into hiding.

...And her son's scout leader obviously can cash a personal check, but not swipe plastic.

[Tanuki]

25. Even Ivana, the first Mrs. Trump and the one who helped run his businesses,

only received a salary of "$1 and all the dresses she wanted."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-former-queen-654774%3famp=1

[Kind of Blue]

26. +1000. And especially for McDonald.

[EveHammond13]

30. sounds like the actions of a manipulator/controller/abuser

[calimary]

6. That's my girl!

Love and admire you, dear Lady Maxine! You’re doing the work of the saints. Keep it up!

People like her keep me hopeful.

[PatrickforO]

7. Good.

One more crime in a long litany of crime from the worst president America has ever had.

Ever.

[CDerekGo]

8. Projection - Deflection

All the time dump was screaming about the Clinton Foundation, it was the trump Foundation that was corrupt the entire time. Didn't State of New York recently SHUT DOWN the trump Foundation, simply because of the Corruption?

[OMGWTF]

10. Traitor Tot is so transparent --whatever he's screaming about is what he's guilty of doing.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. Yep. That's a trademark of the psychopath/sociopath.

Believing they are above the law, unapologetically. It's an f u in the face of justice. Brazen, craven idiotic criminals.

[catrose]

23. I remember the NYT article about the Clinton Foundation

The writer implied all kinds of things that the Clinton Foundation MIGHT be doing, despite its high Charity Navigator rating. I was so furious, I pledged monthly donations to the Clinton Foundation & kept that up until I lost my job.

But there was a story just waiting for them that wouldn't require implications. And they didn't investigate the foundation of the other Presidential candidate.

This is one of the reasons on my list that I give them when they ask me to subscribe.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. Some background on proceedings relating to the Foundation....

for those that may want to refresh on the topic:

NY Brings $2.8M Suit to Dissolve Trump Foundation
ADAM KLASFELD June 14, 2018

(good background info)

Link: https://www.courthousenews.com/ny-brings-2-8m-suit-seeking-to-dissolve-trump-foundation/

and....

Trump Foundation to dissolve under court agreement
By Anna Massoglia and Karl Evers-Hillstrom
December 18, 2018

Link: https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/12/trump-foundation-to-dissolve-under-court-agreement/

(snips)

Trump and Underwood agreed to a stipulation Tuesday that will dissolve the foundation under judicial supervision. Trump attempted to dissolve the foundation in 2016 to avoid conflicts of interest but was blocked by the attorney general’s office as the charity was already under investigation for allegedly being used to settle lawsuits and make personal purchases.

“Our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation – including unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing, and much more,” Underwood said in a statement. “This amounted to the Trump Foundation functioning as little more than a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump’s business and political interests.”

The foundation gave out $3.1 million in grants in 2016, some of which came under scrutiny by New York investigators who alleged Trump used the charitable funds primarily to benefit himself and his presidential campaign.

Grifters gotta have proper ways to grift!......... ..........

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. a tale of two foundations

[True Blue American]

32. LOL

[marieo1]

12. The Low down

Maxine is great!!

[DirtEdonE]

14. These trumps are all nothing more than just walking, talking felonybait. nt

[BigmanPigman]

21. Too bad she can't make it a state crime and not a federal one.

I want no chance that he will ever be pardoned.

[Miigwech]

22. Boom!

[Kind of Blue]

27. Gawd, I was heartbroken much of last year and

the year before of reading, not here in particular, that Rep. Waters wears a tin-foiled hat. But I admire Chris Hayes who always gave her a platform to vociferously speak the truth about what was going down and coming down for the asshole-in-chief. Waters kept my light burning no matter what was said about her.

[True Blue American]

33. The real irony here is

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That Trump called Maxine all kinds of names and now, she is hitting him right where it hurts .

POW! Right in the kisser!

[Kind of Blue]

34. Ha! That POW! struck me like this

and it feels fantastic!

[True Blue American]

35. I know!

Just posted this in another thread.

[Kind of Blue]

36. HA! Too Funny!

Thank goodness Rep. Waters is always in Hulk mode without the transformation.

[oasis]

29. Exposed! Who would put this crooked liar back into the WH in 2020?

Maybe 30 or 40 million stupid fools.