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Related: About this forumCREW Files Criminal Bribery Complaint Against Donald Trump & Pam Bondi
CREW, the people who did the ground work uncovering Trump's criminal conduct paying off Pam Bondin with his philanthropic foundation's money, filed against Trump and Bondi today.CREW Files Criminal Bribery Complaint Against Donald Trump & Pam Bondi
September 13, 2016
Donald Trump and Pam Bondi appear to have committed a federal crime relating to an apparent bribe solicited by the Florida Attorney General and paid by Trump and the Trump Foundation, according to a criminal complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The complaint also calls for an investigation into whether the Trump Foundation broke federal criminal law by making numerous false reports to the IRS on its tax forms.
A few weeks before a newspaper reported that her office was considering joining a lawsuit against Trump University, Bondi personally solicited a campaign contribution from Trump, which her political committee received four days after the news report was published. A month later, her office told newspapers it would not be taking legal action against Trump or Trump University. This was followed by a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago, Trumps private Florida club, for which Bondi was charged less than $5,000, well below the market rate, which may have been a reward for Bondis refusal to file charges. This timeline suggests that Bondi may have solicited the contributionand Trump and the Foundation may have paid itas a bribe to influence her offices action.
The bribery of an elected official is the ultimate betrayal of the publics trust, and the facts strongly suggest that happened here, CREW Executive Director Noah Bookbinder said. It will be shocking and disheartening if it turns out that Floridas highest law enforcement official did indeed put her office up for sale and that Mr. Trump so readily paid for it.
After CREWs March IRS complaint against the Foundation for falsely claiming it did not engage in political activity, the Foundation admitted that the contribution was political and Trump or the Foundation paid a penalty to the IRS for engaging in political activity. The March complaint also noted that instead of Bondis group, the Foundations tax returns listed an organization that never received a donation. New reports have found four other organizations which appear on the Foundations returns but claim never to have received donations, as well as contributions from two companies that have denied giving it any money.
We have now seen so many false statements on the Trump Foundations tax returns that it is hard to know whether we can believe anything the Foundation has claimed, Bookbinder said. The Department of Justice and US Attorney should immediately commence an investigation.
Federal criminal law prohibits state officials working at agencies that receive federal funds from soliciting or accepting a bribe and prohibits anyone from bribing those state officials, with violations punishable by up to ten years in prison. Likewise, knowingly and willfully making any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement on tax returns is punishable by up to five years in prison.
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September 13, 2016
Donald Trump and Pam Bondi appear to have committed a federal crime relating to an apparent bribe solicited by the Florida Attorney General and paid by Trump and the Trump Foundation, according to a criminal complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The complaint also calls for an investigation into whether the Trump Foundation broke federal criminal law by making numerous false reports to the IRS on its tax forms.
A few weeks before a newspaper reported that her office was considering joining a lawsuit against Trump University, Bondi personally solicited a campaign contribution from Trump, which her political committee received four days after the news report was published. A month later, her office told newspapers it would not be taking legal action against Trump or Trump University. This was followed by a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago, Trumps private Florida club, for which Bondi was charged less than $5,000, well below the market rate, which may have been a reward for Bondis refusal to file charges. This timeline suggests that Bondi may have solicited the contributionand Trump and the Foundation may have paid itas a bribe to influence her offices action.
The bribery of an elected official is the ultimate betrayal of the publics trust, and the facts strongly suggest that happened here, CREW Executive Director Noah Bookbinder said. It will be shocking and disheartening if it turns out that Floridas highest law enforcement official did indeed put her office up for sale and that Mr. Trump so readily paid for it.
After CREWs March IRS complaint against the Foundation for falsely claiming it did not engage in political activity, the Foundation admitted that the contribution was political and Trump or the Foundation paid a penalty to the IRS for engaging in political activity. The March complaint also noted that instead of Bondis group, the Foundations tax returns listed an organization that never received a donation. New reports have found four other organizations which appear on the Foundations returns but claim never to have received donations, as well as contributions from two companies that have denied giving it any money.
We have now seen so many false statements on the Trump Foundations tax returns that it is hard to know whether we can believe anything the Foundation has claimed, Bookbinder said. The Department of Justice and US Attorney should immediately commence an investigation.
Federal criminal law prohibits state officials working at agencies that receive federal funds from soliciting or accepting a bribe and prohibits anyone from bribing those state officials, with violations punishable by up to ten years in prison. Likewise, knowingly and willfully making any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement on tax returns is punishable by up to five years in prison.
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It is deplorable that a criminal is running for President.
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CREW Files Criminal Bribery Complaint Against Donald Trump & Pam Bondi (Original Post)
Coyotl
Sep 2016
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mucifer
(23,542 posts)1. I like CREW . They have done a lot of damage to corrupt politicians.
2naSalit
(86,612 posts)2. K&R!!!
Sancho
(9,070 posts)3. The first debate should be interesting...
Trump digging his own grave.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)4. Democrats Seek Criminal Probe Of Donald Trump’s Donations = “A number of criminal statutes ....
Democrats Seek Criminal Probe Of Donald Trumps Donations
They argue he broke the law by giving money to a prosecutor who didnt deeply investigate Trump University.
09/13/2016 - Michael McAuliff Senior Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post
Democrats in Congress want the U.S. attorney general to launch a criminal probe of Donald Trumps donations to Floridas top prosecutor, state Attorney General Pam Bondi.
In a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Tuesday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee pointed to a $25,000 donation that Trumps charitable foundation improperly paid to a pro-Bondi group while her office was examining a lawsuit against Trump University. They noted that after the donation was received, Bondi declined to pursue a case against Trumps controversial real estate seminar program or to join other states litigation. They also cited other donations in support of Bondis bid for re-election.
This fact pattern indicates that these payments may have influenced Mrs. Bondis official decision not to participate in litigation against Mr. Trump, wrote the Democrats, led by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.). A number of criminal statutes would appear to be implicated by this course of conduct, they argued, pointing to laws against bribery, public corruption and hiding charitable foundation payments from the Internal Revenue Service.
Trumps campaign slammed the complaint as a stunt ................
They argue he broke the law by giving money to a prosecutor who didnt deeply investigate Trump University.
09/13/2016 - Michael McAuliff Senior Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post
Democrats in Congress want the U.S. attorney general to launch a criminal probe of Donald Trumps donations to Floridas top prosecutor, state Attorney General Pam Bondi.
In a letter sent to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Tuesday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee pointed to a $25,000 donation that Trumps charitable foundation improperly paid to a pro-Bondi group while her office was examining a lawsuit against Trump University. They noted that after the donation was received, Bondi declined to pursue a case against Trumps controversial real estate seminar program or to join other states litigation. They also cited other donations in support of Bondis bid for re-election.
This fact pattern indicates that these payments may have influenced Mrs. Bondis official decision not to participate in litigation against Mr. Trump, wrote the Democrats, led by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.). A number of criminal statutes would appear to be implicated by this course of conduct, they argued, pointing to laws against bribery, public corruption and hiding charitable foundation payments from the Internal Revenue Service.
Trumps campaign slammed the complaint as a stunt ................