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   Trump steal from campaign funds?  That doesn't sound like the man we know...     
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   Thomson Reuters · Posted: Dec 18, 2018   
      
      
   Trump Foundation to dissolve amid allegations of 'shocking' illegality   
      
   U.S. President Donald Trump's namesake charitable foundation has agreed to   
   dissolve following a lawsuit by New York's attorney general claiming Trump   
   misused the foundation to advance his 2016 presidential campaign and his   
   businesses, the state attorney    
   general announced Tuesday.   
      
   Barbara Underwood said the Trump Foundation's assets will be distributed to   
   charities that will be vetted by her office. The deal must still be approved   
   by a state judge.   
      
   "Our petition detailed a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump   
   Foundation, including unlawful co-ordination with the Trump presidential   
   campaign, repeated and wilful self-dealing, and much more," Underwood said in   
   a statement.   
      
   The ruling came less than a month after Justice Saliann Scarpulla of the New   
   York State Supreme Court in Manhattan rejected Trump's motion to dismiss   
   Underwood's lawsuit.   
      
   The motion had argued that the U.S. Constitution immunized Trump from   
   Underwood's claims alleging breach of fiduciary duty, improper self-dealing   
   and misuse of assets belonging to the foundation.   
      
   The attorney general's office in June, after what it said was a 21-month   
   probe, sued the charity and its directors — Trump and his children Donald   
   Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump.​ The lawsuit sought $2.8 million US   
   in restitution plus    
   additional unspecified penalties.   
      
   Underwood said at the time she had also referred her findings to the IRS and   
   the Federal Election Commission.   
      
   In exchange for tax-exempt status, charities are required to follow rules that   
   include a strict prohibition against involvement in political campaigns.   
      
   While not mentioning Underwood by name, Trump has assailed the investigation   
   as being politically motivated.   
      
   Underwood took over her position from Eric Schneiderman, a frequent Trump foil   
   who was forced to resign from office after allegations of domestic abuse.   
      
   "The sleazy New York Democrats, and their now disgraced (and run out of town)   
   A.G. Eric Schneiderman, are doing everything they can to sue me on a   
   foundation that took in $18,800,000 [US] and gave out to charity more money   
   than it took in, $19,200,000,"    
   said Trump in a June tweet. "I won't settle this case!"   
      
   Trump also pledged to fight a lawsuit accusing his now-shuttered Trump   
   University of fraud, but ultimately agreed to pay a $25-million US settlement   
   in 2017.   
      
   The charity investigation is one of a number of fronts in which Trump's   
   political and business dealings are under scrutiny.   
      
   The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia have followed   
   suit, alleging Trump violated the constitution by retaining ties to a   
   sprawling global business empire.   
      
   It is alleged Trump's leases, properties and other business "entanglements"   
   around the world pose a conflict of interest under a clause of the   
   constitution.   
      
   Trump and his lawyers have argued the emoluments clause of the constitution   
   does not cover fair-value transactions, such as hotel room payments and real   
   estate sales.   
      
   Most recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump inauguration   
   committee spending is being probed. The money raised from donations dwarfs   
   that of previous inaugurations, and the paper reported there are questions as   
   to whether the money was    
   spent in some cases to obtain access to the incoming administration.   
      
   Politically, Trump's most pressing challenges involve the special counsel's   
   investigation into co-ordination between the Russian government and   
   individuals associated with the Trump campaign and transition team.   
      
   On Tuesday, Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was in a   
   D.C. courtroom preparing to be sentenced for lying to the FBI.   
      
   Flynn is one of several men in Trump's orbit who have been convicted of   
   various criminal offences by authorities, including his former 2016 campaign   
   chair, Paul Manafort, and his longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.   
      
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/politics-trump-foundation-dissolut   
   on-ny-1.4950304   
      
      
     New York attorney general sues Trump Foundation, U.S. president and 3 of his   
   children   
      
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