President Trump, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, and members of the Trump family are facing a lawsuit. The Hill reports that New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood (D) alleges "that the charity violated federal and state law."
Trump is being accused of using the $2.8 million of the foundation funds for his campaign, which would be illegal. He also accused of using some of the assets to pay for his legal disputes, such as the one involving the Mar-a-Lago estate.
The complaint also notes a political contribution made by the foundation that the charity did not report.
"This pattern of illegal conduct by the Foundation and its board members includes improper and extensive political activity, repeated and willful self-dealing transactions, and failure to follow basic fiduciary obligations or to implement event elementary corporate formalities required by law," stated the complaint.
The lawsuit also requests that President Trump pay "up to double the amount of benefits improperly obtained through self-dealing transactions" made after July 1, 2014, and that the Trump family members return the misplaced money.
Among different requests, the complaint seeks the dissolution of the foundation, and for Trump and his children to be temporarily blocked from serving in other charities in New York state. In his response tweets, President Trump called the lawsuit "ridiculous" making it very clear that he wouldn't settle.
Source: thehill.com
