08 Sep '16 19:002 edits

Originally posted by twhitehead
For which, I thought you said, he was fined. Was he fined or not? Was he charged with breaking a law or not? Who should have charged him if he did break the law?

The fine was only because it came from a charitable foundation which is barred by law from making political contributions:

Charities are barred by law from supporting political activities. Hicks said Tuesday that the improper foundation check was the result of a series of clerical errors, and that the billionaire businessman had intended to support Bondi with personal funds.

The Trump Foundation on its 2013 tax return then incorrectly reported that the $25,000 was paid not to the pro-Bondi political group, but to a similarly named charity in Kansas that got no Trump money.

The Washington Post first reported last week that Trump’s charity paid an IRS penalty of $2,500 earlier this year, following media reports about the impermissible 2013 donation. It was not clear immediately whether the foundation has yet amended its tax returns to correct the reporting error.

no1: It certainly appears to be an out and out bribe unless you find these statements credible:

Bondi’s spokesman told The Associated Press in June that she personally solicited the $25,000 donation from Trump during a 2013 phone call. The Donald J. Trump Foundation check arrived just days after Bondi’s office told a newspaper it was deliberating whether to join a proposed multi-state lawsuit against Trump University and Trump Institute, businesses that offered real-estate seminars that scores of former students allege were get-rich-quick scams.

Florida didn’t join the lawsuit filed by New York’s attorney general.

Trump has said in the past that he expects and receives favors from politicians to whom he gives money.

Bondi has said the timing of Trump’s $25,000 donation was coincidental and said she wasn’t personally aware of the numerous consumer complaints her office had received about the Trump-owned Trump University and the Trump Institute, a separate Florida business that licensed the Trump name and curriculum. Both had ceased operations by the time Bondi took office in early 2011.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/09/07/trump-campaign-seeks-distance-from-pam-bondi-donation/

EDIT: More background: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/election/donald-trump/article100392257.html

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