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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. :)
1 posted on 07/01/2016 11:33:03 AM PDT by rktman
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Wapo’s gang of 20.


2 posted on 07/01/2016 11:33:56 AM PDT by proust (Trump/Sessions 2016!)
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PMSNBC will have this as the big 'Breaking News'.

Hillary? .....feh...

3 posted on 07/01/2016 11:34:52 AM PDT by harwood (You don't wanna go there.)
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WaPo??? Hardy-har-har


4 posted on 07/01/2016 11:34:54 AM PDT by Lexington Green (Why isn't Hillary in jail?)
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Did he also haze a gay kid in high school?


5 posted on 07/01/2016 11:35:24 AM PDT by madprof98
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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?).


6 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)
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Damn the MSm is really reaching on this one...


7 posted on 07/01/2016 11:36:44 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Oh yes, I’m sure Trump didn’t have enough money to buy his own Tebow football. Geez. How stupid is this?


8 posted on 07/01/2016 11:36:48 AM PDT by Hattie
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So it was still a charity donation. Yawn.


9 posted on 07/01/2016 11:36:54 AM PDT by Truth29
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The composts pettiness continues.


10 posted on 07/01/2016 11:36:57 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Slamming Trump AND Tebow.

A win-win for the lamestream media.


11 posted on 07/01/2016 11:36:59 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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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!


12 posted on 07/01/2016 11:37:03 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!e)
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WOW! Very, very disturbing and is right up there with the Benghazi scandal.


13 posted on 07/01/2016 11:37:47 AM PDT by Kahuna
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Trump 'Looking At' Replacing Hijab-Wearing TSA Agents with Veterans (What an excellent choice)


14 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.)
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So TRUMP BOUGHT A FOOTBALL HELMUT TO SUPPORT A CHARITY. OH THE HUMANITY!


15 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)
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Let me guess, front page news?


16 posted on 07/01/2016 11:39:13 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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Desperation and fear smells like cat pee. Maybe Mr. Trump short sheeted somebody’s bunk at summer camp, too.


17 posted on 07/01/2016 11:39:58 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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And Hillary caused four people to die in Benghazi. That just about evens it up,, don't ya think? /s
18 posted on 07/01/2016 11:40:48 AM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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That explains it.

The Force is with Trump.


19 posted on 07/01/2016 11:40:58 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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Wapo’s gang of 20.

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And this is the best that they can do.


20 posted on 07/01/2016 11:40:59 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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