The media should focus on Trump's growing pay-to-play scandal

[applegrove]

by Leftofcenter at Crooks and Liars

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/09/media-should-focus-trumps-growing-pay-play

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CHRIS CUOMO (CO-HOST): We have like three of the main things. I know we're going to get a lot of heat. You could list eight, nine, 10 different things if you want to call them controversies, but these are main ones. So we have this first one with the money with Pam Bondi. This wound up being about timing, right? And about the mechanism. It went through a charity that wasn't supposed to give political donations, the IRS found out about it, fine them. There's a question about disclosure there. The other question is about why he gave her the money. She said she was going to look at Trump University. Shortly after she said that, she got the money. Shortly after that, she decided not to investigate Trump University. What's the deal?

JEFF ZELENY: Right. I mean, so it doesn't look very good. And this is one of several examples of attorney generals across the country that were on the verge of looking into something and then stopped. But The Washington Post first reported this and Donald Trump has been saying, look, I didn't talk to her. I didn't know anything about this. But this is really -- we've heard a lot of pay for play allegations about the Clinton Foundation. This is actually an example of there was a contribution and the IRS actually fined him. So this, if we're ranking things, there actually was an action here. Donald Trump said he wasn't involved in it. Didn't know about it. But I think there's a little bit more smoke here than on many of the other controversies that have been going on.


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[elleng]

1. I think the media should focus on all the people and businesses he's cheated,

in his years as a 'successful' businessman.

[bullimiami]

2. Its not pay to play its bribery and it is a crime. And he's such a cheap pos he used donors money.