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Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
Thu Sep 8, 2016, 07:22 PM Sep 2016

Media disinterested in a real scandal: Trump Foundation payout to Fla AG Bondi - Rieder, USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/rieder/2016/09/07/rieder-trump-foundation-scandal-needs-more-attention/89955472/

As you may have noticed, it doesn't take a lot to fire up media attention during the bizarre presidential campaign we are now enduring.

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So when it turns out that a candidate's foundation has been fined for a making an illegal contribution, and said contribution had been given to a group supporting an attorney general at the time weighing whether to investigate at the candidate's university, you'd expect full media paroxysm, right?

Particularly after the media had for weeks been focused on the foundation of the candidate's rival, finding no shortage of things that sounded kind of Icky Woods but nothing nearly as definitive as the other candidate's illegal contribution. (Charitable foundations are not permitted to make political donations.)

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"The improper donation, a $25,000 gift from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, was made in 2013. At the time, Attorney General Pam Bondi was considering whether to investigate fraud allegations against Trump University. She decided not to pursue the case."
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Media disinterested in a real scandal: Trump Foundation payout to Fla AG Bondi - Rieder, USA Today (Original Post) Bill USA Sep 2016 OP
I'm pretty sure T-rump's scandals are on going. Iliyah Sep 2016 #1
Forget the media C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #2
Right! Bill USA Sep 2016 #3

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. I'm pretty sure T-rump's scandals are on going.
Thu Sep 8, 2016, 07:34 PM
Sep 2016

Maybe more will come out re: October Surprise!

It ain't over.

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