Charities steered $65 million to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family

[applegrove]

Charities steered $65 million to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family

BY MICHAEL BIESECKER AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

January 31, 2020 1:44 PM EST

https://fortune.com/2020/01/31/jay-sekulow-trump-lawyer/

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Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump’s lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is being paid for his legal work through a rented $80-a-month mailbox a block away from the White House.

The Pennsylvania Avenue box appears to be the sole physical location of the Constitutional Litigation and Advocacy Group, a for-profit corporation co-owned by Sekulow. The firm has no website and is not listed in national legal directories. The District of Columbia Bar has no record of it, and no attorneys list it as their employer.

But Sekulow, 63, is registered as chief counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice, a non-profit Christian legal advocacy group based in an expansive Capitol Hill row house a short walk from the Senate chamber.

A half dozen lawyers employed by the non-profit ACLJ are named in recent Senate legal briefs as members of Trump’s defense team — including one of Sekulow’s sons. The ACLJ, as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, is barred under IRS rules from engaging in partisan political activities.

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[democratisphere]

1. The massive corruption never ends.

[Frustratedlady]

2. I just KNEW it when I read the article a few days ago about his Christian charity.

I hope he gets nailed.

I will also bet there are a whole bunch of other Repukes doing the same.

[struggle4progress]

3. You've got to pick a pocket or two

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. you can't DRAIN the swamp when you ARE the swamp. Total trash family and friends

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. Grifters gotta grift n/t

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. Very low rating on Charity Navigator

American Center for Law and Justice - District of Columbia

Overall Score & Rating (out of 100): 64.35

Link: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12586

and.......

American Center for Law and Justice - Virginia

Link: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3246

(snips)

During our analysis of American Center for Law and Justice’s 03/2016 Form 990, the document revealed the following:

$5,033,297 was paid to its Principal Officer Jay Sekulow's for-profit legal firm, Constitutional Litigation and Advocacy Group for legal services. We find such practices atypical when compared to how other charities operate and have thus issued this Moderate Concern CN Advisory.

During our analysis of American Center for Law and Justice’s 03/2017 Form 990, the document revealed the following:

$5,305,835 was paid to its Principal Officer Jay Sekulow's for-profit legal firm, Constitutional Litigation and Advocacy Group for legal services. We find such practices atypical when compared to how other charities operate and have thus issued this Moderate Concern CN Advisory.

During our analysis of American Center for Law and Justice’s 03/2018 Form 990, the document revealed the following:

$5,810,827 was paid to its Principal Officer Jay Sekulow's for-profit legal firm, Constitutional Litigation and Advocacy Group for legal services. We find such practices atypical when compared to how other charities operate and have thus issued this Moderate Concern CN Advisory.

On June 27, 2017, The Washington Post published an article titled, "Trump attorney Jay Sekulow's family has been paid millions from charities they control." For more information, please see The Washington Post article.

Sucking much-needed funds away from decent, highly rated charities.

Only the best crooks!......