Posted on 03/21/2016 7:23:08 PM PDT by reaganaut1
The Donald J. Trump Foundation's donation to Pam Bondi's political committee may have been illegal, according to an ethics watchdog group.
In 2013, when Bondi was running for re-election as attorney general, the Trump Foundation gave $25,000 to And Justice for All, which she controls. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on Monday asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the money.
Private foundations are prohibited under the tax code from engaging in political activity, according to a letter from the watchdog group to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
What's more, the Trump Foundation's federal tax filings from 2013 say the group did not "participate or intervene in any political campaign" and did not spend more than $100 for "political purposes."
"The IRS should investigate whether the contribution violated the tax code and whether the Trump Foundation's representations violated federal law," CREW executive director Noah Bookbinder wrote in the letter.
As a result, CREW says the IRS should consider revoking the Trump Foundation's tax-exempt status. But the letter suggests that the foundation or its accountants may have committed perjury, a felony, by putting false information on tax forms.
Calls to the accountant listed on the Trump Foundation's form 990 from 2013 were not returned.
The $25,000 donation has been under scrutiny before. And Bondi's endorsement of Trump at a presidential campaign swing through Tampa last week brought these questions back to the surface.
The contribution came just after New York filed a lawsuit against Trump University alleging that false claims by the for-profit college "scammed" more than 5,000 people out of more than $40 million.
The Florida attorney general's office has never pursued an investigation even though it received complaints. Spokesman Whitney Ray said last week that Bondi was not directly involved in that decision.
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Hillary will be SHOCKED when she reads this stuff from prison soon
I know, wishful thinking.
Wouldn’t be an election without CREW showing up to pick apart Republicans
The Obamatollah exercising his IRS gestapo again.....who hasn’t he sent the IRS after????
For progressive Alinskyites or mooselims Rules only exist to be used against your opponent.
The IRS, member of the Obama crime family since 2009.
yeah, well, that all changed when we got a psychopath to run on our side :)
If you’re a Cruz supporter, I respect that.
But I love the way Donald is shaking things up.
Where the Bondi photo be at?
How about investigating the Obamas for Michelle’s $367,000 per year no-show job that taxpayers covered? You know, the part time job for which she was totally unqualified and that her husband funded with a $5million grant...
How lame can it get ???
Maybe Hitlery and Oba-mao should be investigated as well for receiving illegal monies...oh, wait. Oba-mao owns the DOJ....
Not much be concerned about, just symbiotic back scratchin. At least now we know why Pam just nodded Donald.
You really live in the mud, don’t ya?
“...we know why Pam just nodded Donald.”
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Like Ted bought Wisconsin; Reince Priebus;Paul Ryan;Scott Walker?
Like the Cruz funny business on his “loans” from Goldman Sachs, against his hocking “everything” just to run for the US Senate?
Cruz hocked nothing, got gazillions in Boldman Sachs loans that were taken care of by Goldman Sachs operatives contributing into Ruses campaign.
We are going circular here.
Can’t investigate Lois Lerner though, because they destroyed all the evidence.
What about the ethics of Eric Holder pressuring Bondi to indict George Zimmerman?
A day late and a dollar short.
Second post on this article. First posted this afternoon by our old friend, Libby Lu.
TRUMP supporters here thank you for your exposing what is being said and done. Gives US fair warning of what may follow.
Now, let’s talk legal-like about the Clinton crime family and all that entails.
This to my knowledge is so old news it has mold covering the particulars.
Old news? Trump fans wish this was old news-but you’re just seeing the beginning of the MSM assault on Trump if he gets the nomination.
Old news? This allegedly happened in 2013. That means Hillary’s Crime Family shakedowns and Illegal email system issues are older. Should we drop those because they are “old news “?
I wonder if Lerner or Gruber have security details. Those 2 really screwed the American people on O’s behalf and I just don’t understand how they get away with it.
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