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    New York Goes After the Trump Foundation

    A new lawsuit from the state attorney general claims the president's charity engaged in a years-long pattern of illegal behavior.
    by David A. Graham Jun 14, 2018 5 minutes
    Source: Patrick Semansky / AP

    The New York attorney general filed suit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its board of directors on Thursday, including the president and his three eldest children, alleging a years-long pattern of illegal behavior, including self-dealing and unlawful coordination with Trump’s presidential campaign.

    The suit, filed on the president’s 72nd birthday, brings back to the foreground a series of allegations and revelations regarding Trump’s charitable foundation during the 2016 presidential campaign, which showed the foundation engaging in behavior that was illegal at worst and misleading and dubious at best.

    “As our investigation reveals, the Trump Foundation was little more than a checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his businesses to nonprofits, regardless of their purpose or legality,” Attorney General Barbara Underwood said in a . “This is not how private foundations should function and my office intends to hold

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