Among the other potential impeachable offenses that are not being investigated at the moment, are the Trump foundation’s rampant self dealing and corruption.<\/p>\n
The foundation is being liquidated, and paying a $2,000,000.00 fine.<\/p>\n
This raises a bigger point though, that there is little in the way of oversight or accountability for so called charitable foundations<\/a>:<\/p>\n The New York State attorney general\u2019s case against the Trump Foundation \u2014 Donald Trump\u2019s nonprofit that a court shut down earlier this year<\/a> \u2014 has concluded. The Trumps have agreed to pay a $2 million fine, the attorney general\u2019s office said in a press release<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n The deal follows years of incredible, careful reporting by a number of reporters but most of all the Washington Post\u2019s David Fahrenthold<\/a>. As Fahrenthold discovered, the Trump Foundation often operated as a slush fund for the Trump family and Trump\u2019s businesses. It bought Trump an autographed Tim Tebow helmet<\/a>, a portrait of himself<\/a>, and money for various lawsuit settlements<\/a>. Less entertainingly but perhaps more importantly, he also used a foundation fundraiser<\/a>, which was nationally televised a few days before the Iowa caucuses, to promote his presidential bid in 2016. <\/p>\n Now, per the deal with the New York attorney general\u2019s office: <\/span><\/p>\n The $1.78 million in assets currently being held by the Trump Foundation, along with the $2 million in damages to be paid by Mr. Trump, will be disbursed equally to eight charities: Army Emergency Relief, the Children\u2019s Aid Society, Citymeals-on-Wheels, Give an Hour, Martha\u2019s Table, United Negro College Fund, United Way of National Capital Area, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The charities \u2014 which were required as part of the resolution to be entities that did not have any relationship with Mr. Trump or entities he controlled \u2014 were approved by the Office of the Attorney General and the court. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s a fitting punishment: forcing a fake foundation that funneled money to bogus causes to actually use its money to benefit real charities. \u201cMy office will continue to fight for accountability because no one is above the law \u2014 not a businessman, not a candidate for office, and not even the president of the United States,\u201d Attorney General Letitia James concluded in her statement. <\/p>\n