Posted on 04/09/2016 7:04:19 AM PDT by conservativejoy
Right before the Iowa caucuses, real estate mogul Donald Trump wormed out of a Fox News debate because he was scared of moderator Megyn Kelly, so he held an event to raise money for veterans. Over two months later, the veterans have yet to receive the money.
The Wall Street Journal reports that they surveyed 19 of the 22 groups that the Trump campaign said they would be donating to, and discovered that only $2.4 million has been given to the veterans. The event raised roughly $6 million.
The organizations that did get money received it in checks that were as low as $5,000 to as high as $100,000 from the Donald J. Trump Foundation. Others received money from other organizations and weren't aware that the money was rooted from Trump's event.
"It’s a little weird," Keith David of the Task Force Dagger Foundation, a Texas group assisting Special Operations Command personnel, told the Journal.
Trump's campaign spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, told the Journal, "Mr. Trump has distributed many of the contributions to a number of worthy organizations, and will continue to do so."
Back in January, The Federalist found that the website Trump set up for the veterans, donaldtrumpforvets.com, sends the money directly to the Trump foundation.
"There is absolutely no accountability here for how Trump will spend this money," RedState's Leon Wolf wrote. "This is how hucksters like Trump operate. Rather than say that he’s going to raise money for a reputable vets organization – of which there are many – he diverts the money to his own sham tax shelter and hopes that his supporters never notice or demand an accounting for what was done with their money, as would be done for any 501 (c)(3) that was set up with the specific purpose for helping vets."
Wolf noted that the foundation hadn't done much with the money they had raised in the past. But here is one thing they have done: the Journal's report points out that the Trump foundation has come under scrutiny for making a donation in 2013 to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi when she was "considering whether to take legal action against Trump University for possible fraud." Naturally, Bondi didn't take legal action against the university and has endorsed Trump for president.
When will the veterans see the rest of that $6 million that Trump raised? Based on the foundation's actions so far, it doesn't seem like they will get it anytime soon.
You and your merry band of anti-Trump trolls are really pathetic. Enjoy spending your day posting anti-Trump drivel.
$6 million was pledged, but how much was actually received, and how much of the received funds were distributed?
Another hit piece
Groups did receive more then 100K, mostly in multiple checks.
Looks like they are distributing the money as it comes in.
Just because someone pledge 500K doesn’t mean they sent the check they next day, it could be that they are sending multiple checks over a few months. That is what it looks like to me
But bash away, if it makes you feel better about yourself
Older article:
“Donald Trump has vowed to donate the donations he receives tonight to the Trump Foundation to veterans groups. But a look at The Donald J. Trump Foundation’s history of giving shows that the organization has given a small percentage of its donations to veterans groups.
Since 2010, Trump has donated just $75,000 to veterans groups, according to the foundation’s 990 forms that donated $5 million during the same time.
In 2014, the year his foundation donated the most amount of money to vets groups, the foundation gave $10,000 to the Green Beret Foundation, $5,000 to K9s for Warriors and $5,000 for Special Operations Warrior Foundation. in 2013, the group donated $15,000 to The Independence Fund and in 2010, his foundation gave $25,000 to Fisher House. “
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-foundation-has-given-little-vets-groups-n506341
Oh brother... cj has given us praise by faint damnation. Donald’s a bit slow on doling it out... if this was the worst problem we ever had with Donald then we should be wondering why WE are being so slow to boost him.
Those were pledges. Trump can only send out money that he has from those pledges.
Instead of this article. Ask him.
But you see, that would be too easy.
Good catch... this wasn’t just a donation affair but a pledge affair.
“...Donald Trump wormed out of a Fox News debate because he was scared of moderator Megyn Kelly...”
Lost all credibility right there................
Either it is true or it isn’t, so what is troll like? Do you mean like posting and reposting something from the front page of the National Enquirer? Enquiring minds want to know?
So is this a kudos or a komplaint?
2nd Amendment Advocate, Jan Morgan: Explains why she withdrew her endorsement from Ted Cruz & supports Donald Trump.https://t.co/MRHIoSNuLT— Trump's Got My Vote (@veganvecoh) March 16, 2016
Trump has donated and helped beterans for decades, including building the NYC Vietnam veteran memorial back in the 80’s. They will get the money as the PLEDGES are sent to the charity.
Meanwhile Cruz has not donated a dime to them and shows very little if any support for our military.
The only thing that might have "scared" Trump is that he'd treat Kelly as hostile and be labeled a big ol' meaney. Which he gets labeled anyway, so...
What has Ted done for veterans?? Like nothing??
The most logical question, which, of course, this article fails to ask or answer.
But hey, anything to bash Trump.
Did the ineligible phony canadian hold his fundraiser for USA vets yet?
So Trump raising $2.4 million for vets makes him a “huckster”?
Cruz family made millions from sleazy Goldman Sachs. Gave basically nothing to charity. What does that make Cruz? A principled conservative? LOL.
Not directly, but that is the conclusion they hope the readers reach.
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