Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 28
The Trump Foundation: shut down by court order, $2 million judgment
Broken“[paraphrase] Trump repeatedly presented the Donald J. Trump Foundation as the vehicle through which he would deliver his publicly pledged charitable giving.”
- Promised
- , The January 2016 Iowa veterans fundraiser and repeated campaign-trail charity pledges
- Re-promised
- 4 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Ethics & conflicts
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
New York's attorney general sued in June 2018. On November 7, 2019, a judge ordered Trump to pay $2 million in damages for misusing foundation money, finding his campaign had "orchestrated" the veterans fundraiser to further his political campaign; Trump admitted to things including a $10,000 charity payment for a six-foot portrait of himself. The foundation was dissolved, its remaining $1.7 million distributed to eight charities, and the Trump children were required to take compulsory training.