Trump illegally used charitable funds to settle business lawsuits

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Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's campaign manager sought to downplay concerns raised by a report Tuesday that the Republican nominee's personal philanthropy used more than $250,000 to litigate lawsuits against opponents of his business interests.

 

Kellyanne Conway said she's not worried about the Washington Post report that said on four occasions the Donald J. Trump Foundation cut checks to settle suits in a controversial and potentially illegal tactic, given that the foundation is funded primarily with other donors' money, not his own, according to the Post review of legal documents and interviews.

 

"Trump is using his charities to benefit his businesses, which is against the law," Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold told CNN's John Berman and Kate Bolduan of his report.

 

The most substantial donation was $100,000 to Fisher House, a veterans' charity, as part of a settlement with the city of Palm Beach, Florida, home to Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club.

 

Conway defended the donation as a settlement because of a flag Trump wanted to raise at the Mar-a-Lago.

"I think this is a classic Donald Trump," she told CNN's Erin Burnett on "OutFront." "He wanted to raise the American flag as high as he possibly could over Mar-a-Lago. I think a lot of Americans at this point would applaud that. And of course the county said he couldn't do that, it had to be smaller, so they started assessing a $1,250 fine. So the way they wanted to settle it was for Trump to donate $100,000 to a veteran's group."

The lies, cheating and obfuscation continue

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The lies, cheating and obfuscation continue

 

And funds that were not even his donations.

So...to settle lawsuits...pay off AGs and others to keep his ass out of trouble.

 

But but but Hillary

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But but Hillary is right. Bill too

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So Crooked Trump? We in agreement? Great.

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I'm sure Obummer's Justice Dept. will be indicting Trump tomorrow. So you won't have to worry about him becoming President. You should consider this a win!!!

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I'm sure Obummer's Justice Dept. will be indicting Trump tomorrow. So you won't have to worry about him becoming President. You should consider this a win!!!

Of course they won't but Trump sure would if the shoe was on the other foot

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So Crooked Trump? We in agreement? Great.

Sure. But I do find it different and more egregious when the crooked behavior involves the state department. You may feel different. I don't know how it is you want people to acknowledge Trumps behavior but dismiss hers. If there were a different viable choice than these two that would be one thing. There isn't

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Sure.

Great then

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was anybody killed?

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CNN

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Sure. But I do find it different and more egregious when the crooked behavior involves the state department. You may feel different. I don't know how it is you want people to acknowledge Trumps behavior but dismiss hers. If there were a different viable choice than these two that would be one thing. There isn't

 

Valid.

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Maybe this is the settlement I was thinking of, but I don't think so.