{"id":17778,"date":"2016-12-27T06:10:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T06:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=17778"},"modified":"2016-12-27T06:10:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T06:10:48","slug":"trump-defends-foundation-hits-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/trump-defends-foundation-hits-media.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump defends foundation, hits media"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Trump defends foundation, hits media<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Trump defends foundation, hits media:-<\/strong> President-elect Donald Trump said he\u2019s donated millions to the Donald J. Trump Foundation, even as he accused the media of failing to report his charitable giving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u201cI gave millions of dollars to DJT Foundation, raised or recieved millions more, ALL of which is given to charity, and media won&#8217;t report!\u201d Trump tweeted Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I gave millions of dollars to DJT Foundation, raised or recieved millions more, ALL of which is given to charity, and media won&#39;t report!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/813578484572450816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The DJT Foundation, unlike most foundations, never paid fees, rent, salaries or any expenses. 100% of money goes to wonderful charities!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/813581917215977473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">On Saturday, the president-elect said he would dissolve the foundation amid mounting scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest with his business holdings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Trump said he was dissolving the charity to avoid the appearance of having a conflict of interest, though he has previously said that he would be legally immune from such conflicts as president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u201cTo avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as President I have decided to continue to pursue my strong interest in philanthropy in other ways,\u201d Trump said Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The foundation is been the subject of an investigation by the New York attorney general&#8217;s office, based on Washington Post reports that the charity\u2019s funds may have been used to personally benefit Trump. The Post investigation revealed that Trump had not given the charity any of his own money in a number of years and that he used its funds to buy portraits of himself and other memorabilia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The foundation was also fined by the IRS for making a political donation of $25,000 in support of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi \u2014 a violation of rules governing the use of charity funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Bondi later declined to pursue an investigation into the now-defunct Trump University and is now serving on the Trump transition\u2019s executive committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman\u2019s office said Saturday that the charitable endeavor can\u2019t cease operations until its investigation is complete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\">SOURCE:-\u00a0http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/311852-trump-defends-foundation-hits-media<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/trump-defends-foundation-hits-media.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump defends foundation, hits media Trump defends foundation, hits media:- President-elect Donald Trump said he\u2019s donated millions to the Donald J. 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