Trump promised millions to charity, but did he deliver?
06/28/16 12:52 PM
UPDATED 06/28/16 01:54 PM
By Steve Benen
... In January .. Donald Trump boycotted a debate in Iowa, instead holding a fundraiser for veterans. The Republican boasted at the time that he’d raised $6 million for vets, and he’d contributed $1 million out of his own pocket.
The story unraveled once the Washington Post started asking about the money, and some of Trump’s claims turned out to be wrong. Most notably, in May, his campaign said Trump had already made a $1 million contribution, which wasn’t true ...
BuzzFeed, for example, found that Trump received $2 million to advise Mike Tyson on the boxer’s business decisions, and he said the money would go to charities. There’s no evidence that ever happened. In 1989, Trump said proceeds from his game show would go to charities, but there’s no evidence that happened, either ...
The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold has done quite a bit of digging on this front and reported today that despite Trump’s promises about millions of dollars in charitable contributions, an investigation turned up less than $10,000 in donations over the last seven years ...
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-may-have-promised-millions-charity-did-he-deliver
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