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MorbidButterflyTat

(4,147 posts)
24. Maybe try grasping reality.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 06:43 PM
2 hrs ago

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 6 hrs ago #1
Oh, I just saw that the media IS freaking out senseandsensibility 6 hrs ago #2
The corpo media LOVES Trump. USS_Dauntless 6 hrs ago #4
I'm seeing a trend BaronChocula 5 hrs ago #7
I would rather call you 'observant', to be honest. OldBaldy1701E 5 hrs ago #10
My first compliment of 2026 BaronChocula 4 hrs ago #11
True. OldBaldy1701E 4 hrs ago #14
Socialists like silk pillow cases too Captain Zero 2 hrs ago #31
The money Greg_In_SF 6 hrs ago #3
Lol senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #5
Last time I checked Greg_In_SF 5 hrs ago #6
You really, truly, honestly believe Demobrat 5 hrs ago #9
Do you have Greg_In_SF 3 hrs ago #20
Maybe try grasping reality. MorbidButterflyTat 2 hrs ago #24
The best indicator of future behavior is past behavior. Demobrat 2 hrs ago #27
Do we know if the money made it out of MaraLoco? Captain Zero 2 hrs ago #33
Hmmmmmmm......My Momma Raised A Skeptic..... ColoringFool 4 hrs ago #12
And you really believe that, Gregg? I wonder what else you believe. paleotn 3 hrs ago #18
What evidence Greg_In_SF 3 hrs ago #21
What evidence do you have that it is, Gregg? paleotn 3 hrs ago #22
You mean Greg_In_SF 2 hrs ago #23
Link? MorbidButterflyTat 2 hrs ago #25
Don't have a Greg_In_SF 2 hrs ago #26
You're sooooo believable. paleotn 2 hrs ago #29
The auction participants. Not Trump directly. paleotn 2 hrs ago #28
Yes Greg_In_SF 2 hrs ago #30
Reading comprehension. Re-read what I typed. paleotn 2 hrs ago #32
No thanks Greg_In_SF 2 hrs ago #34
Poor baby! paleotn 2 hrs ago #35
He may have thanked the auction participants, Demobrat 26 min ago #36
And Obama liked Grey Poupon. MSM sux. C-Span and full confession, we like Velshi, Rachel, Lawrence, Nichole and most of Evolve Dammit 5 hrs ago #8
Can't wait for Lawrence to return senseandsensibility 4 hrs ago #13
Only surpassed by the tan suit! Evolve Dammit 4 hrs ago #15
Plus hibbing 4 hrs ago #16
Forgetting so quickly that Reagan wore tan suits quite often. paleotn 3 hrs ago #19
It was just an ID10T error. Hoosier_Progressiv 4 hrs ago #17
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