Every word of this story is worth reading.
Five times, the Trump Foundation’s tax filings described giving a specific amount of money to a specific charity — in some cases, even including the recipient’s address. But when The Post called, the charities listed said the tax filings appeared wrong. They’d never received anything from Trump or his foundation.
The Post asked Trump’s staff to explain these five apparent errors.
It has explained one.
Regarding that one (No. 5 on the list below), the Trump organization’s explanation showed something very unusual. The incorrect gift had been listed on the Trump Foundation’s tax filings in a way that served to hide a real gift — the improper donation to Bondi’s group — from the IRS. Trump’s staffers say there was no intent to mislead: The improper gift was left off, and the false gift was added, by accident.
Another record shows a $5,000 donation to the Children’s Medical Center in Omaha.
“Children’s Hospital & Medical Center’s Foundation does not have a gift from the Donald J. Trump Foundation or Donald Trump in its records,” said Sarah Weller, a spokeswoman for the medical center.
This boggles the mind. But he even stiffed political allies.
Justice for All is a nonprofit group in Kansas that seeks to “make abortion unthinkable” by training opponents of abortion to change minds about the issue.
“Our organization, Justice for All Inc., did not receive a $25,000 donation from the Donald J. Trump Foundation in 2013,” staffer Tammy Cook told The Post earlier this year.
SomervilleTom says
For those with eyes to see and ears to here, the Donald Trump foundation defines corrupt and fraudulent.
I know of no counterpart in modern political history.
SomervilleTom says
Sigh.
Andrei Radulescu-Banu says
He’s a trailblazer, really – shows how to manipulate other people’s charity donations to make it appear he’s the one doing the giving.
Is there any scam Trump has not pulled off?
SomervilleTom says
I guess the media haven’t had time to explore his foray into the Amway-style pyramid scheme domain — “The Trump Network“:
Just a sampling of what actual doctors had to say:
It seems to be another demonstration of Mr. Trump’s self-proclaimed business acumen (emphasis mine):
Same pattern: Hype, promotion, stiffing vendors and participants, bust, walk away.
A “trailblazer” indeed. It only takes a bit of examination to realize how insulting ANY comparison to this con-man is.
dasox1 says
Two bit con man. The amount of fines, penalties, fraud (of all manner), it just goes on and on. We MUST see this guy’s tax returns.