ABC - New York AG's office investigating Eric Trump's charity

[TomCADem]

Can you imagine if the Clinton's owned a hotel chain and funneled money form its charity to pay for services from its own chain?

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/york-ags-office-investigating-eric-trumps-charity/story?id=47942804

The New York State Attorney General’s Office said it is investigating the Eric Trump Foundation after questions were raised about the charity in light of a recent media report that it paid high sums to use Trump-owned properties for fundraisers.

That A.G.’s office is the same one that has been investigating the Donald J. Trump Foundation since the fall and that case remains open.

In the latest case, Forbes published an article Tuesday alleging that the Eric Trump Foundation had been using donations -- from donors who believed the money was going to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-- to pay the Trump Organization hundreds of thousands of dollars for use of Trump properties during fundraisers and re-donating some funds to charities friendly with Trump interests.

"The Attorney General's office is looking into the issues raised by this report," communications director Eric Soufer said in a statement.

[BigmanPigman]

1. The AG is looking into it! I'll believe it when I see it!

[ProudLib72]

2. Schneiderman, BP, Schneiderman!

[BigmanPigman]

3. Yeah that's right. GOOD!

Sessions and the Moron haven't replaced him YET. The NY and Baltimore AGs are the only ones who offer any glimmer of hope that there is a possibility of a little justice. Who hires the state AGs? Preet Bharara got fired but he was an US attorney.

[ProudLib72]

4. I looked that up

It seems NY's attorney general is elected. Schneiderman's term is up in 2019. It doesn't say anything about being able to serve consecutive terms, though. However, barring any election sneakery, I seriously doubt that NY would vote for a republican AG.

The most prevalent method of selecting a state attorney general is by popular election. 43 states have an elected attorney general.[1] Elected attorneys general serve a four-year term, except in Vermont, where the term is two years.[2]

Seven states do not elect an attorney general. In Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Wyoming, the attorney general is a gubernatorial appointee.[1] The attorney general in Tennessee is appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court for an eight-year term.[1][2] In Maine, the attorney general is elected by the state Legislature for a two-year term.[1][2]

The District of Columbia and two U.S. territories, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, elect their attorneys general for a four-year term. 2014 marked the first year that the District of Columbia and Northern Mariana Islands held an election for the office. In American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the attorney general is appointed by governor.[3] In Puerto Rico, the attorney general is officially called the secretary of justice, but is commonly known as the Puerto Rico attorney general.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_attorney_general

[BigmanPigman]

5. Thanks for researching that.

2019...there's a good possibility that this will go beyond 2018 and possibly into 2019. NY most likely will vote blue...thank goodness for the blue states. I can relax a little knowing that they will continue to be our back up plan if the feds don't do anything (which seems to becoming more and more obvious as the GOP reps are flipping on supporting all the Russian investigations).

[Hortensis]

7. Good, positive in this case, information. Thanks.

During this administration, the difference between state and federal may turn out to be THE key. Congress can't join with the president to shut down the NY AG's investigations.

[crazycatlady]

9. He'll be on the ballot this year

The only way I see him leaving the NY-AG office is after 2020 when the Democratic president gives him a promotion to US-AG.

[Angry Dragon]

6. I want to see the hole Trump family in prison for life

I want to see all Trumps properties in rubble
Then I will be happy

[madaboutharry]

8. The Trump family business is money laundering.

That is what they do. Whether it is to evade paying taxes or steal charity money, the family business is funneling money right into their own bank accounts.

They are gangsters.