Cartoon: Trump Foundation - Daily Kos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/16/1905898/-Cartoon-Trump-Foundation

Donald Trump's impromptu press conference: The 40 wildest lines - CNNPolitics

Transcripts of closed-door testimony from a series of witnesses in front of the House Intelligence Committee seem to affirm the idea that a quid pro quo was in place between the US and Ukraine. He was ordered by a judge in New York to pay $2 million as restitution for using his Trump Foundation charity as a slush fund for his political interests. Elections in Kentucky and Virginia suggested Democratic momentum in 2018 hasn't worn off. He lost an appeal to keep his taxes from being released. And on and on it goes.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/08/politics/donald-trump-press-conference/index.html

Fact-check: Trump makes series of false claims in two-day New York tweetstorm - CNN Politics

President Donald Trump made a series of false claims on Monday and Tuesday while lashing out at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Letitia James on Twitter.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/05/politics/fact-check-trump-false-new-york-tweetstorm/index.html

Trump charity agrees to dissolve amid allegations of a 'shocking pattern of illegality' - The Hill

President Trump's charity, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, has agreed to dissolve amid allegations from the New York Attorney General's Office that it engaged in a "shocking pattern of illegality." ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/421874-trump-charity-agrees-to-dissolve-amid-allegations-of-a-shocking

Two new developments again confirm that Trump’s defenses are cracking - The Washington Post: Opinion

It's all coming down around him. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/18/two-new-developments-again-confirm-that-trumps-defenses-are-cracking/

'Small and weak Trump' suffered 'worst blow yet' to his presidency in court today: conservative commentator - Raw Story

Following an explosive day in court for disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn, which saw the former aide to President Donald Trump get a dressing down from a federal judge for betraying his country, a conservative columnist for the Washington Post said Tuesday's events might be a turning point for Trump -- ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/small-weak-trump-suffered-worst-blow-yet-presidency-court-today-conservative-commentator/

Trump's embattled foundation to shut down - BBC News US

The president's troubled charity foundation will be dissolved amid allegations he misused its funds. ....
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46611178

New York AG raises the stakes in lawsuit over Trump family's charity scam - Raw Story

President Donald Trump faces a new round of possible tax trouble after the New York Times bombshell report that documented decades worth of shady dealings and fraud by the Trump family, including the president. But Trump and his children, including Donald Jr. and Ivanka, are also facing a lawsuit over their family foundation. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/new-york-ag-raises-stakes-lawsuit-trump-familys-charity-scam/

New York has quickly become the 'biggest threat' to Trump - Business Insider

President Donald Trump's biggest threat could be his home state. The investigations taking place in New York are quickly becoming what experts call the biggest threat to President Donald Trump. ....
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-biggest-threat-is-new-york-2018-9

“Last Call for Democracy.” (Pod Save America podcast)

Trump hits a new low by tearing infants away from their parents at the border, and looks for new ways to obstruct justice as his campaign manager goes to jail. Then Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Fahrenthold talks to Tommy about his reporting on the Trump Foundation. To learn what you can do to help fight the separation of families at our border, pitch in here: go.crooked.com/families
Interview:
https://crooked.com/podcast/last-call-for-democracy/

Donald Trump May Have Violated the Johnson Amendment With His Shady Foundation – Friendly Atheist

When New York’s attorney general filed a lawsuit the other day against Donald Trump and his children, accusing them of “persistently illegal conduct” with regards to their family foundation, I didn’t think much of it beyond the headlines. (Trumps behaving badly? Not exactly news.) The allegations were primarily about how the Trumps used money donated to the charity foundation to fund Trump’s presidential campaign, pay off Trump’s debts, decorate Trump’s golf clubs, and stage lavish events to benefit (who else?) Trump. They didn’t really help other human beings because… well, why start now?...

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/06/16/donald-trump-may-have-violated-the-johnson-amendment-with-his-shady-foundation/

Trump “Charity” Exposed as Elaborate Scheme to Make Golf Debts Go Away - Vanity Fair

New York prosecutors have accused the president and his kids of "persistently illegal conduct" related to the Donald J. Trump Foundation.....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/trump-foundation-lawsuit

Paul Manafort is Going to Prison (Opening Arguments podcast OA182)

Today’s Rapid Response Friday spends a lot of time on Yodel Mountain, and in particular evaluating whether Paul Manafort is headed to prison for violating the terms of his pre-trial release as per 18 U.S.C. § 3148(b)(1)(A). You’ll know soon enough, but we’re predicting that Paulie M is headed to prison. 

Of course, no trip to Yodel Mountain has just a single stop, so we also discuss the late-breaking New York state lawsuit filed against Donald Trump, his kids, and the Trump Foundation; the status of the media’s efforts to unseal the Mueller documents, and much, much more!

After that lengthy trip to Yodel Mountain, we also update you on the recent court decision upholding the AT&T / Time Warner merger first discussed in Episode 128.

Finally, we end with an all new Thomas Takes The Bar Exam #80 which asks how a court would rule in a convoluted case involving car-washing, sudden deep freezes, and incompetent trial attorneys. Have we piqued your interest yet? Listen and find out! And if you’d like to play along , just retweet our episode on Twitter or share it on Facebook along with your guess and the #TTTBE hashtag. We’ll release the answer on next Tuesday’s episode along with our favorite entry!
Interview:
https://openargs.com/oa182-paul-manafort-is-going-to-prison/

N.Y. Attorney General Sues Trump Foundation Over Self-Dealing - The New York Times

The scathingly worded lawsuit seeks to dissolve President Trump's foundation and bar him and his children from nonprofit boards. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/nyregion/trump-foundation-lawsuit-attorney-general.html

The Donald J. Trump Foundation, Explained - The New York Times

Why has President Trump's charity faced years of legal scrutiny? And what does the New York attorney general's lawsuit against it mean? ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/nyregion/attorney-general-trump-lawsuit.html

Ivanka Trump Somehow Didn't Mention the Donald J. Trump Foundation In Her Financial Disclosure Report -- Newsweek

The president's daughter neglected to mention her past ties to the Trump Foundation, which is under investigation by New York's attorney general. ....
http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-foundation-ethics-disclosure-white-house-690005

How Trump co-opted his kid's cancer charity to line his own pockets

It seemed like Eric Trump actually started out with the best of intentions when founding his Eric Trump Foundation to support research into children's cancer by raising lots of money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the leading pediatric cancer center. He threw huge annual golf events (at the family's golf course, naturally), with all of the money raised going to the hospital because daddy didn't charge anything to use the venue and all the other costs were comped.

While it might have started out with the best of intentions on Eric's part, daddy then got ahold of him and reminded him that just looking good isn't enough if you don't profit directly. That's the picture that emerges from a Forbes investigation by Dan Alexander....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1669377

The Huffington Post - US: Donor At The Center Of A Clinton Pay-To-Play Scandal Also Gave To Trump's Foundation

After Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign, his foundation received a generous donation from a Ukrainian oligarch whose donations to the Clinton Foundation sparked accusations that Hillary Clinton engaged in an ethically murky mix of philanthropy and politics. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-ukraine-victor-pinchuk_us_5834a687e4b01ba68ac35072?

Trump Foundation admits to violating ban on ‘self-dealing,’ new filing to IRS shows

President-elect Donald Trump’s charitable foundation has admitted to the Internal Revenue Service that it violated a legal prohibition against “self-dealing,” which bars nonprofit leaders from using their charity’s money to help themselves, their businesses or their families. The admission was contained in the Donald J. Trump Foundation’s IRS tax filings for 2015, which were recently posted online at the nonprofit-tracking site GuideStar....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-foundation-apparently-admits-to-violating-ban-on-self-dealing-new-filing-to-irs-shows/2016/11/22/893f6508-b0a9-11e6-8616-52b15787add0_story.html

Four months of solid work from David Fahrenthold confirms: Donald Trump is a lying sack of Scrooge

Since he first looked in to see whether or not Trump had followed through on a promise to send millions to veteran’s groups (not), David Fahrenthold of the Washington Post has been diligently working through the records of the Trump Foundation. In those months the story he’s turned up has been one of a fund used to buy whatever Trump wanted, bribe political officials to look the other way on Trump shenanigans, pay off Trump’s legal bills, and act as a slush fund to hide income all the while illegally accepting donations from across the country.

He’s also found that Trump not only isn’t very charitable, he lies about it....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1589086