Trump accused in lawsuit of misusing charitable foundation
Some of those expenditures,
uncovered by The Post, were cited in the lawsuit, including a $100,000
payment to settle legal claims against Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm
Beach, Florida; $158,000 to resolve a suit over a prize for a
hole-in-one contest at Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, New
York; and $10,000 to buy a 6-foot (1.8-meter) portrait of Trump at a
charity auction.
After New
York's attorney general began investigating, Trump's business empire
reimbursed the foundation for the money spent to settle the business
disputes. And the painting, which was hanging at a Trump golf club in
the Miami area, was returned to the foundation.
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York's
attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Donald Trump of
illegally using money from his charitable foundation to settle disputes
involving his business empire and to burnish his image during his run
for the White House.
The president blasted the case as politically motivated.The lawsuit seeks $2.8 million in restitution and the dissolution of the foundation.
The
two-year investigation detailed a closely coordinated effort between
Trump's campaign and the foundation to promote his political career by
giving out big grants of other's people money to veterans organizations
during the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, the first presidential
nominating contest of 2016, the suit says.
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