Trump Used His Companies To Mask Political Donations To Another Florida Attorney General

[TomCADem]

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON ― Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used companies he controlled to donate more than was legally allowed to the 2006 Florida gubernatorial campaign of Attorney General Charlie Crist, according to a review of state campaign finance records by The Huffington Post.

The four contributions from Trump and his companies totaled $2,000 for Crist’s campaign at a time when the maximum campaign contribution allowed by an individual or a corporation was $500. At the time, Trump did not disclose that the donations all came from him, and regulators did not identify the companies as being part of Trump’s real estate empire.

The contributions included $500 from Trump himself; $500 from 40 Wall Street LLC, a company Trump controls; $500 from VH Property Corp DBA Trump National Golf Course, a Trump company that operates mainly in California; and $500 from Wollman Rink Operations LLC, a company Trump created to manage an ice skating rink in Manhattan’s Central Park.

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More recently, Trump has come under fire for using his tax-exempt nonprofit, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, to give $25,000 to a PAC supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s reelection bid. Such donations violate nonprofit tax laws, and Trump was fined $2,500.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-charlie-crist-donations_us_57d36bd5e4b06a74c9f4e9e4?section=&

[PatSeg]

1. His book should have been called

"The Art of the Con". He is just a con-artist and seems to be proud of it.

[turbinetree]

2. In 1972 there was a president who created a organization that was criminal..........

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/10/richard-nixon-100-criminal-traitor


in 2016 we have a candidate that has said the following:

https://theintercept.com/2015/08/07/donald-trump-buy/

[niyad]

5. thank you for those excellent links. while many of knew about nixon's corruption, many others have

turned willingly blind eyes.

one thing the article did not mention (and yes, I know they had to leave many things out) was the link between nixon and the creation of the hmo's (as seen in "sicko", amoung other places)

[turbinetree]

6. Thank you ( Wado)

Yep , to those of us, and there are many, lived through that ordeal lets go back in time and watch this exchange in the Watergate hearing;

[Kathy M]

3. I hope they keep digging and exposing Don 's " contributions " or rather bribes

he has one heck of a shell game going on ...... Few weeks ago my husband said Don reminds him of Bernie Madoff after one
of his TV performances .

wonder just how many businesses / organizations in Dons name not to mention his kids / spouce

[niyad]

4. sadly, no matter how much comes out about der drumpfenfuhrer's corruption, his loyal sycophants

will not care in the least. actually, they will probably be proud of him.

[George II]

7. I didn't think businesses were permitted to make contributions to candidates.....

....maybe they're allowed in Florida, certainly not in CT.

[chowder66]

8. So Trump pays for the privilege of breaking the law since the 'fines' are obviously not working.

How many times does he and his fellow bribers get to do this until it actually hurts?

[Mc Mike]

9. "I gave them money. It was my job. When I needed something, they came through for me.

They kissed my ass."

I bet his flotilla of lawyers was tickled pink when he said that on the campaign stage. Wonder if it was a blackmail attempt to force his co-conspirators to back him politically.

[riversedge]

10. K and R.