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Donald Trump used money donated for charity to buy himself a Tim Tebow-signed football helmet
washingtonpost.com ^
| 7/1/2016
| David A. Fahrenthold
Posted on 07/01/2016 11:33:03 AM PDT by rktman
Did Donald Trump violate IRS rules, by using a charity's money to buy himself a signed football helmet?
Four years ago, at a charity fundraiser in Palm Beach, Donald Trump got into a bidding war at the evening's live auction. The items up for sale: A Denver Broncos helmet, autographed by then-star quarterback Tim Tebow, and a Tebow jersey.
Trump won, eventually, with a bid of $12,000. Afterward, he posed with the helmet. His purchase made gossip-column news: a flourish of generosity, by a mogul with money to burn. "The Donald giveth, and The Donald payeth," wrote the Palm Beach Daily News. "Blessed be the name of The Donald."
But Trump didn't actually pay with his own money.
Instead, the Susan G. Komen organization — the breast-cancer nonprofit that hosted the party — got a $12,000 payment from another nonprofit , the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
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Well that tears it for me. Anyone got the 1-800 number for #dumptrump? And, it's kinda got a Christian overtone to it as well with the Tim Tebow guy. :)
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:33:03 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:33:56 AM PDT
by
proust
(Trump/Sessions 2016!)
To: rktman
PMSNBC will have this as the big 'Breaking News'.
Hillary? .....feh...
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:34:52 AM PDT
by
harwood
(You don't wanna go there.)
To: rktman
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:34:54 AM PDT
by
Lexington Green
(Why isn't Hillary in jail?)
To: rktman
Did he also haze a gay kid in high school?
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:35:24 AM PDT
by
madprof98
To: rktman
Well after all, Hillary has told us to move on from Benghazi. Therefore, this story really does matter, doesn’t it? (do I really need the sarc?).
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:36:17 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
To: rktman
Damn the MSm is really reaching on this one...
To: rktman
Oh yes, I’m sure Trump didn’t have enough money to buy his own Tebow football. Geez. How stupid is this?
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:36:48 AM PDT
by
Hattie
To: rktman
So it was still a charity donation. Yawn.
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:36:54 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: rktman
The composts pettiness continues.
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:36:57 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
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To: rktman
Slamming Trump AND Tebow.
A win-win for the lamestream media.
To: rktman
Instead, the Susan G. Komen organization — the breast-cancer nonprofit that hosted the party — got a $12,000 payment from another nonprofit , the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
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So Donald Trump’ 503-C Charitable Foundation gave moen to the Susan G Komen 503-C organization, and the WaPo thinks that this is a scandal?
Now, a 503-C organization giving money to a comercial, for-profit enterprise, that would be a scandal, but the Clintons did that so no mas!
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07/01/2016 11:37:03 AM PDT
by
SubMareener
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To: rktman
WOW! Very, very disturbing and is right up there with the Benghazi scandal.
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:37:47 AM PDT
by
Kahuna
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:38:07 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
To: rktman
So TRUMP BOUGHT A FOOTBALL HELMUT TO SUPPORT A CHARITY. OH THE HUMANITY!
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:39:13 AM PDT
by
stocksthatgoup
(Don't argue with a Liberal. Ask him simple questions and listen to him stut)
To: rktman
Let me guess, front page news?
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:39:13 AM PDT
by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: rktman
Desperation and fear smells like cat pee. Maybe Mr. Trump short sheeted somebody’s bunk at summer camp, too.
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:39:58 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: rktman
And Hillary caused four people to die in Benghazi. That just about evens it up,, don't ya think? /s
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:40:48 AM PDT
by
deweyfrank
(Nobody's Perfect)
To: rktman
That explains it.
The Force is with Trump.
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:40:58 AM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: proust
Wapo’s gang of 20.
...
And this is the best that they can do.
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posted on
07/01/2016 11:40:59 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
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