Tag: Trump family corruption

Trump Campaign Is Funneling Money To Don Junior’s Girlfriend

President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign includes not only Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, but also, the women two of Trump’s sons have been romantically involved with. And according to the New York Times, the president’s campaign manager has been funneling money to Kimberly Guilfoyle (Trump Jr.’s girlfriend) and Eric Trump’s wife, Lara Trump.

The payments, the Times reported, were made through Parscale Strategy, a private, San Antonio, Texas-based company owned by the president’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale.

Huffington Post’s Mary Papenfuss notes that the “family benefits” are “linked to a network of politically connected private companies — operating with the support and help of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner — that have charged roughly $75 million since 2017 to the Trump reelection campaign.” Continue reading.

Reporter confronts Trump Jr. in New Hampshire over his alleged meeting with Russian emissary

AlterNet logoPresident Donald Trump and his allies become very defensive whenever they are described as being helpful to the Russian government in any way. And the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., immediately became defensive when Mother Jones’ Washington bureau chief, David Corn, asked him about an alleged meeting with a “Russian emissary” (who supposedly had dirt on Hillary Clinton) during the 2016 presidential race.

Trump Jr. was eating at a diner in New Hampshire when Corn approached him. When Corn brought up the Russian emissary, the president’s son responded, “We’ve spoken about this 1000 times. I’ve testified about it. I’m like Hunter Biden.”

Trump Jr. went on to say, “I’m allowed to have a conversation with people, aren’t I? Isn’t that protected?….. I answered your question.” Continue reading.

Ivanka Trump was involved in inauguration’s inflated payments to family business — and so was the president: lawsuit

AlterNet logoThen-President-elect Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka were warned in 2016 that the family business was overcharging the nonprofit presidential inaugural committee — and let it happen anyway, according to a suit filed Wednesday by the Washington, D.C., attorney general.

In the civil complaint, Attorney General Karl Racine charged the Trump inaugural committee and the Trump Organization with using around $1 million of charitable funds to improperly enrich the Trump family.

An experienced event planner who was working for the inaugural, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, raised concerns directly with Donald and Ivanka Trump that the Trump International Hotel in Washington was trying to overcharge the inaugural committee. Continue reading.

‘These boys were on a holiday’: Trump family members promote themselves, and businesses, on European trip

As parties go, it’s hard to top a state dinner with the queen of England, but President Trump’s sons — Donald Jr. and Eric — tried to keep the revelry going during an impromptu pub crawl in Doonbeg, Ireland, where they bought rounds of Guinness for the locals and reveled in the adoration of a village where the Trump family owns property.

“It’s exciting when Trump comes into town, isn’t it?” Eric Trump declared Wednesday evening amid the festivities.

Not just Trump, but the Trumps — decidedly plural. As the president has hopscotched on official duties between three European nations this week, his four adult children — also including daughters Ivanka and Tiffany — have been prominently involved in many high-profile moments.

View the complete June 6 article by David Nakamura, Toluse Olorunnipa and Amanda Ferguson on The Washington Post website here.

Trump charity agrees to dissolve amid allegations of a ‘shocking pattern of illegality’

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.”

New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood (D) announced Tuesdaythat her office will continue to pursue its lawsuit against the foundation, which seeks $2.8 million in restitution plus penalties, as well as an order barring Trump and his three oldest children — Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump — from serving on the boards of other New York charities.

Under the agreement, the foundation will dissolve under judicial supervision and provide the court with a list within 30 days of the not-for-profit organizations that receive money from the charity’s remaining assets.

View the complete December 18 article by Emily Birnbaum and Lydia Wheeler on The Hill website here.

Trump’s Family Rigged the Tax System to Benefit Themselves

An AP investigation reveals Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner stand to benefit substantially from massive tax breaks they pushed for in the Trump tax law. While Trump, his family, and big corporations profit from the Trump tax law, most Americans have not benefited and many workers have lost their jobs.

Ivanka and Jared stand to benefit from a tax break they pushed in the Trump tax law, which offers massive tax breaks to real estate developers.

Associated Press: “An Associated Press investigation finds President Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in law stand to benefit from a program they pushed that offers massive tax breaks to developers who invest in downtrodden American areas.” Continue reading “Trump’s Family Rigged the Tax System to Benefit Themselves”

New York files civil suit against President Trump, alleging his charity engaged in ‘illegal conduct’

The following article David A. Fahrenthold was posted on the Washington Post website June 14, 2018:

New York’s attorney general filed suit against President Trump and his three eldest children Thursday, alleging “persistently illegal conduct” at the president’s personal charity and saying that Trump had repeatedly misused the nonprofit organization to pay off his businesses’ creditors, to decorate one of his golf clubs and to stage a multimillion-dollar giveaway at 2016 campaign events.

In the suit, Attorney General Barbara Underwood asked a state judge to dissolve the Donald J. Trump Foundation. She asked that its remaining $1 million in assets be distributed to other charities and that Trump be forced to pay at least $2.8 million in restitution and penalties. Continue reading “New York files civil suit against President Trump, alleging his charity engaged in ‘illegal conduct’”