The complaint filed this past Monday against Donald Trump’s foundation, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Inc. (Trump Foundation),” was based on the alleged grounds that it violated its tax-exempt private foundation status by having contributed $25,000 to a political organization which was associated with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s re-election in 2013 to “And Justice for All.”
Did Trump’s foundation violate federal law?CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) asked the IRS to investigate the above-alleged claim and to also dig deeper into their alleged claim that the foundation failed to disclose the contribution in its annual financial disclosure.
These allegations came about in 2013 after Bondi was contemplating whether or not to go after Trump for supposedly running a “get-rich” seminar, which took place in Florida, that some Floridians attended and claimed were cheated out of thousands of dollars.
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What’s suspicious about the investigation is when just three days later, when Bondi was reviewing the New York lawsuit to see whether or not she was to move forward herself with her own case in Florida, was when Trump’s foundation endorsed a $25,000 check to “And Justice for All,” a political committee which was associated with Bondi’s re-election campaign at the time.
This generous donation was made around the same time that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued Trump for a whopping $40 million, citing numerous complaints over “Trump University.”In 2014, Bondi won the re-election to her second and final term over Democrat George Sheldon and Libertarian Bill Wohlsifer, with accusations from Sheldon of a pay-for-play deal. Bondi denied Sheldon’s allegation saying that because the New York case sought relief for the former Trump University students, she did not get involved.
“One complaint does not make for an active investigation,” she said. “I wrote (Sheldon’s comments) down because I’m not letting this one go … He said I would make an investigation ‘evaporate’? For a campaign contribution? Come on.”-Pam Bondi (Tampa Tribune Account)
Private foundations, such as the Trump Foundation, are prohibited from engaging in any political activity, which includes making contributions to any and all political organizations. Additionally, on the Trump Foundation’s 2013 Form 990-PF tax return, it did not show any money transfer or other assets to a political organization.
With Trump being the savvy businessman that he is, do you think he would let this error slip through the cracks and degrade his reputation?