Mueller is investigating a payment made to Trump’s foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign. Remember the Trump Foundation scandal? We sure do. We filed A LOT of complaints. Buckle in, this thread's gonna be a long one. nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/…
A year ago, we discovered the Trump Foundation gave and didn't disclose $25,000 illegally to a political group backing Florida AG Pam Bondi while her office was reportedly considering joining a lawsuit involving Trump University. We filed an IRS complaint. citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
The next day, Trump representatives admitted to the illegal donation, blaming an increasing series of clerical errors. citizensforethics.org/weve-got-quest…
It quickly became clear to us that there was way more to the Trump Foundation scandal tampabay.com/opinion/column…
Bondi’s spokesman said she was unaware of the 20+ complaints against Trump entities when she solicited the donation. We filed complaints against her for failing to investigate or take action on complaints against Trump U after her group got the donation. citizensforethics.org/legal-filing/c…
In August, we filed an IRS complaint against the Trump Foundation for acting as a prop for the Trump campaign through its engagement in Trump Campaign events, including payments to groups that came to campaign rallies. citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
Following CREW’s discovery that the Trump Foundation did not file an updated 990 tax form, the Washington Post discovered a $2,500 IRS penalty paid by the Foundation for the illegal donation, kicking off one of the biggest stories of the year. washingtonpost.com/news/post-poli…
Sept 2016: We filed a 2nd IRS complaint against Trump & his foundation for the donation supporting Bondi, calling for an investigation into whether the donation was used to provide a private benefit to Trump and for engaging in prohibited self-dealing. citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
A week later CREW filed criminal bribery complaints against Trump & Bondi with the Justice Department and calls for a criminal investigation into whether the Foundation broke federal criminal law by making numerous false reports to the IRS on its tax forms citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
As we continue to relive 2016, take a minute to read @NoahBookbinder's prosecutorial breakdown of the corruption case against Trump and Pam Bondi thehill.com/blogs/pundits-…
Still in September, CREW files its 3rd IRS complaint against Trump alleging that he repeatedly broke the law by using the Foundation for his personal benefit, calling for an investigation into multiple acts of self-dealing by Trump. citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
We obtained docs showing not only did the Foundation’s attempts to address its tax issues stemming from the donation contain serious errors, it also presented materials to the NYAG that raise significant questions about the truth of their previous claims. citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
We took a look at some of the things Trump spent foundation money on for himself. According to it's latest tax docs, the 2 portraits (of him, natch) it bought for $30K were now worth $1,200. The $12K it spent on a Tim Tebow helmet was now worth under $500. citizensforethics.org/trump-foundati…
On Christmas Eve, 2016, Trump announced he would shut down the Trump Foundation in the light of the growing scandal. citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
There's more to this (and that's without even mentioning the Eric Trump Foundation's issues). Read the whole thing below, or pretty much anything @Fahrenthold wrote in 2016. citizensforethics.org/trump-foundati…
