New York Attorney General Letitia James reported President Trump has paid $2 million in court ordered damages for missing funds in a tax-exempt charity he controlled. The payment was ordered by a New York state judge in reference to a suit filed against Trump by New York attorned general who alleged the President illegally used funds from the Donald J. Trump foundation to buy portraits of himself, pay off his business legal obligations and help his 2016 campaign.
The $2 million will go to the eight charities that deserved the funds. Those charities will receive an added $1.8 million between all that was left in the Trump foundation. New York attorney general added: FUNDS HAVE FINALLY GONE WHERE THEY DESERVED - 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. It was a complete rebuke of President Donald Trump.
This sad chapter concerning Trump's charity foundation reminds this writer of the $25 million settlement Trump had to pay for fraud charges in another suit against President Trump and Trump University brought about by the New York attorney general a few years earlier. The trumpet man originally said he would not settle either suit but he did because the attorned general discovered the facts. It is also a clue why the President is fighting the release of his tax records ordered by a district judge.
No matter which way one looks at the President, he is corrupted to the core and toxic to every thing he touches. The record is clear why President Trump should be impeached.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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