NY charges Trump, his family and its foundation with 'persistent' violations
by Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times
Jun 15, 2018
4 minutes
NEW YORK - The New York attorney general filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump on Thursday, charging that he misused his charitable foundation for personal and political gains over more than a decade.
In the scathing complaint filed in New York State Supreme Court, the attorney general used adjectives such as "illegal," "persistent" and "willful" to characterize the violations of the Donald J. Trump Foundation.
The president "used charitable assets to pay off the legal obligations of entities he controlled to promote Trump hotels, to purchase personal items and to support his presidential election campaign," the lawsuit charged.
The attorney general, Barbara D. Underwood, is
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