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Bill USA

(6,436 posts) Mon Sep 12, 2016, 08:16 PM Sep 2016

Editorial Boards Denounce Trump and Bondi Illegal Pay-To-Play Scandal, Call 4 Federal Investigation

Editorial boards from Massachusetts to Florida are sounding the alarm and calling for an investigation into the “true pay-to-play scandal” between Donald Trump and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Last week, The Washington Post revealed that Donald Trump’s Foundation violated federal tax law by donating to a group supporting Bondi’s reelection. Days after the donation, Bondi chose not to join an investigation into Trump University ripping off its students. If elected, one editorial board concluded, Trump would become America’s “briber-in-chief” and will continue to hustle the American people from the White House.

New York Daily News Editorial: Briber-in-chief: How Donald Trump gave big money to Pam Bondi, who then stopped investigating Trump University

“A true pay-to-play scandal centering on a charitable foundation, rather than manufactured innuendo, has erupted in the rancid presidential campaign. The payer and the player is that admitted buyer of politicians Donald Trump.”

New York Times Editorial: Pay to Play, Mr. Trump?

“Mr. Trump’s contribution from his family foundation to Ms. Bondi violated federal tax law barring tax-exempt charities from engaging in political activity. The Washington Post reported last week that Mr. Trump paid a $2,500 penalty to the Internal Revenue Service for the violation.”

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