When Rudy's client, @realDonaldTrump, supported Pam Bondi for AG, it was with an illegal $25K donation from his charity while her office was reportedly reviewing complaints against Trump University. She never took action against Trump U. Let's take a stroll down memory lane. 1/
Two and a half years ago, we filed the first complaint against the Trump Foundation with the IRS for the illegal donation to support Pam Bondi and for failing to disclose it on its tax returns. 2/ citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
The next day the Trump Foundation blamed its problems on an increasing series of catastrophic clerical errors, which if true (unlikely), raised serious questions about how the charity operated 3/ citizensforethics.org/weve-got-quest…
We kept digging and filed complaints against Bondi with the Inspector General for FL’s Office of the Attorney General and the state’s Commission on Ethics for failing to investigate or take legal action on complaints against Trump U after the donation 4/ citizensforethics.org/legal-filing/c…
Next up was another IRS complaint against the Trump Foundation for appearing to violate its tax-exempt status by participating in Trump’s presidential campaign and by advocating for his nomination and election 5/ citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
The Washington Post found that Trump paid the IRS a $2,500 penalty after it was revealed that Trump’s charitable foundation had violated tax laws by giving a political contribution to a campaign group connected to Bondi 6/ washingtonpost.com/news/post-poli…
CREW then filed another IRS complaint alleging Trump and the Trump Foundation broke the law by giving the Bondi donation in an effort to discourage her office from investigating Trump University, thus using the Foundation for Trump’s personal benefit 7/ citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
CREW then requested documents from the New York Attorney General for Trump Foundation tax documents, as well as documents relating to the New York Attorney General’s investigation of the Trump Foundation. We'll come back to this. 8/ citizensforethics.org/legal-filing/c…
CREW files its third IRS complaint against @realDonaldTrump for repeatedly breaking the law by using the Trump Foundation for his personal benefit 9/ citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
CREW obtains records from the NY AG and discovers not only did the Foundation’s attempts to address its tax issues from the Bondi donation contain serious errors, it also gave materials to the AG that cast doubt on the veracity of its previous claims 10/ citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
On December 24, 2016, Trump announced he will shut down the Trump Foundation in the light of the growing scandal. 11/ citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
This June, the NY AG's office filed a scathingly worded lawsuit against Trump Foundation, accusing the charity and the Trump family of sweeping violations of campaign finance laws, self-dealing and illegal coordination with the presidential campaign. 12/12 nytimes.com/2018/06/14/nyr…
