Trump Used Foundation Funds for 2016 Run, Filings Suggest

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But Trump delivered.

“It was a quiet donation that came with a simple cover letter,” Smith said. It read: “Great meeting with you and your wife in my office,” dated May 6, 2011. Enclosed was a check for $10,000 from the Donald J. Trump Foundation.

That check is one of at least several donations to suggest Trump used his private foundation, funded by outside donors, to launch and fuel his political ambitions. Such contributions, if they were made solely for Trump’s benefit, could violate federal self-dealing laws for private foundations.

From 2011 through 2014, Trump harnessed his eponymous foundation to send at least $286,000 to influential conservative or policy groups, a RealClearPolitics review of the foundation’s tax filings found. In many cases, this flow of money corresponded to prime speaking slots or endorsements that aided Trump as he sought to recast himself as a plausible Republican candidate for president.



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[Suppressed]

Legality doesn't seem to restrict either of the two major-party candidates.

[GrouchoTex]

Legality doesn't seem to restrict either of the two major-party candidates.

It's come down to which side of the coin is more tarnished than the other.

[Suppressed]

It's come down to which side of the coin is more tarnished than the other.

He's evidently been almost as good at the bribery game, since the hammer hasn't fallen on him, either.

[Chosen Daughter]

It's come down to which side of the coin is more tarnished than the other.

But one of them describes themselves as the law and order candidate.  You know Trump has been so critical of Black lives matters but he is the candidate who encourages violence.  He is the candidate who admits he gets revenge.  Get Even is his motto.  And law and order does not apply to him.