New York Sues Trump Foundation for 'Persistent Illegality'

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https://www.politicususa.com/2018/10/05/new-york-sues-trump-foundation-for-persistent-illegality.html

The New York State attorney general’s office submitted a court filing on Thursday making clear that it is continuing to sue the Trump Foundation for “persistent illegality.” In June the attorney general’s office had originally filed suit with allegations that the foundation — run by Donald Trump and his children — had violated numerous New York state laws. The lawsuit claimed that the Trump Foundation had broken New York’s charities laws to illegally provide funding for Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

The new filing came just days after a New York Times bombshell report that documented decades worth of tax fraud and shady business deals by the Trump family. Attorneys for Trump have sought to dismiss the lawsuit, but the attorney general’s office made clear in the Thursday filing that this would not happen.

“Donald J. Trump used his control over the Donald J. Trump Foundation for his benefit to advance his personal, business, and political interests in violation of federal and state law governing charities,” the said.

The attorney general’s lawsuit asks the court to dissolve the foundation and prohibit Donald Trump and his children from serving on the boards of other charities in the state of New York.