In a truly "surprising" coincidence, the new New York Attorney General sued the Trump Foundation today because, among other things, it allegedly let Trump Organization staff decide who got charitable donations and it also didn't follow all the requirements for a charity set forth by the state. Could it be that the ultra-partisan New York AG has brought this suit because today is the release date for the report of the Justice Department Inspector General, you know, the report on how Comey, McCabe and all the others at the FBI and Justice Department ran (or botched) the Clinton email investigation?
Let's start with a basic fact: According even to the lawsuit brought by NY's Attorney General, the payments made by the Trump Foundation went only to charitable organizations. The AG claims that some of the charities got gifts because the Trumps wanted to please one or another of the people with whom they dealt at the time (all prior to Trump running for office). In other words, some person with whom the Trumps were doing a deal was raising money for a favorite charity and asked the Trumps to contribute. They had the foundation give the gift. That's hardly wrongdoing. Indeed, even hyper-partisan former Attorney General Schneiderman didn't bring a suit after an investigation because he had nothing mush to allege. Now that Schneiderman was outed as an alleged serial abuser of women and was forced to resign, the new AG is looking to get news coverage for the fall campaign and also to distract attention from the IG report on the Hillary email mess. In New York, there's no better way to get press coverage than to attack Donald Trump.
It's really disgusting that someone who is supposed to work for the people (like the NY AG) is using her position in this way.
Let's start with a basic fact: According even to the lawsuit brought by NY's Attorney General, the payments made by the Trump Foundation went only to charitable organizations. The AG claims that some of the charities got gifts because the Trumps wanted to please one or another of the people with whom they dealt at the time (all prior to Trump running for office). In other words, some person with whom the Trumps were doing a deal was raising money for a favorite charity and asked the Trumps to contribute. They had the foundation give the gift. That's hardly wrongdoing. Indeed, even hyper-partisan former Attorney General Schneiderman didn't bring a suit after an investigation because he had nothing mush to allege. Now that Schneiderman was outed as an alleged serial abuser of women and was forced to resign, the new AG is looking to get news coverage for the fall campaign and also to distract attention from the IG report on the Hillary email mess. In New York, there's no better way to get press coverage than to attack Donald Trump.
It's really disgusting that someone who is supposed to work for the people (like the NY AG) is using her position in this way.
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