The Trump Files/CASE 42/2016–2019

Business

The Trump Foundation

A charity used to pay his bills and help his campaign

RECORD / AT A GLANCE

Misuse admitted / $2 million paid / foundation dissolved

The misuse is admitted. The idea that he was banned from all charity work for life is overstated.

THE EVENTS / THE INVESTIGATION / THE STORY

The chronology.

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Evidence & assessment.

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What he admitted

19 admissions and $2 million.

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS FILE

The claims, rated.

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Sources & limits.

Numbered citations in each article identify the relevant sources. These records have different purposes and evidentiary weight.

  1. New York AG: Trump pays court-ordered $2 million, December 2019 ↗

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  2. New York AG: court order and specific future-charity restrictions, November 7, 2019 ↗

    The enforcing office’s account of the court order and stipulations. Read the specific remedy, not a generalized lifetime-ban claim.

  3. New York court: Trump Foundation ruling, November 2018 ↗

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