judge ordered President Trump to pay $2 million to a group of charities on Thursday, ruling that the

[Demovictory9]

Link to tweet

judge ordered President Trump to pay $2 million to a group of charities on Thursday, ruling that the president had broken the law by directing the proceeds from an event advertised as benefiting veterans to his presidential campaign instead.

[sunonmars]

1. Wow a scumbag Trump is

[Croney]

2. This really happened? I'm not dreaming?

We need a hundred more such rulings.

If he can appeal or delay, he will.

[riversedge]

10. This happened last year. adult kids also named

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. Last November.

The final chapter: Judge's ruling that Donald Trump must pay $2 million to charities ends troubled foundation's saga
Michael Collins, Dennis Wagner, Kevin McCoy USA TODAY
November 8, 2019

See: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/11/08/trump-foundation-saga-troubled-charity-ends-2-million-judgment/2532798001/

I think just someone digging up and posting dirt on tRump to keep his criminal past in the sunlight.

KY.......

[Tucker08087]

3. And yet

Over 45% of the voting public think he’s doing a great job. I can’t stand it.

[peacebuzzard]

4. What?

the hits keep coming. this nightmare is a continuum and sinking, drowning. I guess I am not the only one who can't sleep at all anymore. 234 views at 0430 a.m.

[mucifer]

7. I dozed off for an hour earlier wide awake now

[peacebuzzard]

9. lack of sleep,

lack of concentration, no sleep, eyes strained, headache.
and I guess this topic is not current events, just another wtf.

[Totally Tunsie]

26. "234 views at 0430 a.m."

Not just late nighters...different time zones. We have worldwide posters here.

[peacebuzzard]

27. I have wondered often about the international members

of this board. Especially the farthest reaches like at least 0 hours and beyond London to the East, or West going into a different calendar day. They would certainly be in daylight while the US sleeps. (or is cruising the midnight hours).

[More_Cowbell]

5. This happened last November

I wondered why the tweet was posted on a Wednesday and mentioned Thursday.

Here's one story from back then: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/777287610/judge-says-trump-must-pay-2-million-over-misuse-of-foundation-funds

[blogslut]

6. This happened last year, I think

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-orders-trump-pay-2-million-misusing-his-foundation-n1078306

Nov. 7, 2019, 1:03 PM CST / Updated Nov. 7, 2019, 6:13 PM CST
By Dareh Gregorian

President Donald Trump must pay a $2 million judgment for improperly using his Trump Foundation charity to further his 2016 presidential campaign, a New York state judge ruled Thursday.

The order appears to bring to an end the New York attorney general's lawsuit against the president and three of his oldest children over the now-shuttered foundation, which the attorney general said had engaged in repeated wrongdoing..
<snip>

The judge was referring to a Jan. 28, 2016, event Trump held in Des Moines, Iowa, that he'd billed as a fundraiser for veterans. The event was counter-programming for a GOP presidential debate on Fox. Trump was feuding with the network at the time.

The event wound up raising $2.8 million, according to the judge, some of which Trump distributed in the form of giant checks at campaign rallies before the Iowa caucuses...

[calimary]

16. Well, whenever it happened, the fact that it happened at all is what counts.

It’s nice to see - sometimes a few things do catch up with that cheating, lying, conniving schmuck.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Mr. Law and Order

[DeminPennswoods]

12. Plenty of appeals left

before this case is finished.

[malaise]

13. It's a nice reminder for the military

He's just a racist crook - don't violate the Constitution for this piece of shit

[mnmoderatedem]

14. and with THIS predident?

it's not even news

[mwb970]

15. He's a crook, and a filthy piece of crap.

[lastlib]

19. He's not a piece of crap.....

...unless you defince "piece" as "filling multiple boxcars."

[onenote]

17. No court would be issuing this order at 2 AM -- this is an old story and a misleading tweet.

[Tanuki]

20. Yes, it was a big story last year. Trump's 3 Stooges progeny were also

named in the suit and were mandated to undergo remedial ethics education to reduce their likelihood of screwing over charities in the future.

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/07/777287610/judge-says-trump-must-pay-2-million-over-misuse-of-foundation-funds

"A New York judge has ruled that President Trump must pay $2 million in damages to settle claims that the Trump Foundation misused funds. The money will go to a group of charities, and the foundation is in the process of dissolving.

The case is tied to a televised fundraiser for veterans held by Trump in Iowa when he was running for president in January 2016. Trump had said the funds raised would be distributed to charities. But according to court documents, the Trump Foundation improperly used $2.82 million it received from that fundraiser.

According to the judgment, that money "was used for Mr. Trump's political campaign and disbursed by Mr. Trump's campaign staff, rather than by the Foundation," which is unlawful. However, Justice Saliann Scarpulla says the funds did eventually reach charity organizations supporting veterans."...(more)

[Fritz Walter]

18. If he paid it...

...and that's a big IF...

He probably withdrew funds from his campaign war chest rather than his own money.

[greymattermom]

21. So did he actually pay the $2?

That's the follow up this needs.

[Gothmog]

22. trump has been banned from running charitable foundations

trump is too unethical to be trusted with charitable donations

[Cha]

23. JHC.. ya Hear this VETS?!!

[AmericanCanuck]

24. Chickens are trickling in to come home to roost

Pretty soon, there will be a stampede.

[Blue Owl]

25. The Art of the Scam by Donald Trump

n/t