Overview of pending investigations of Trump

Trump’s legal and ethical troubles extend well beyond the Mueller investigation. https://t.co/od0DZvxj1X
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 30, 2019

Trump Foundation update 12/27/18

It was phony just like Trump.

The looming legal investigations into Trump Foundation & the Trump Org by @akarl_smith.
In addition to @TishJames & @NewYorkStateAG, the most important name in this story is Trump CFO & Trump Fdn Treasurer Allen Weisselberg.
The most important words, for now: criminal tax fraud. https://t.co/STVMGGbokf

— Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) December 27, 2018

“Here’s what actually surprises me,” @haroldpollack writes. “Beyond the various improprieties, the Trump Foundation did pretty much nothing at all.” Looking closer at a president’s uncharitable charity. https://t.co/imzj1Q05lv

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) December 22, 2018

update 12/28

Probe of Trump's charity could crash 'like a Mack Truck' into his real estate empire https://t.co/HgLmckyAR7

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) December 27, 2018

Good riddance to the phony Trump Foundation

Trump used it like a piggy bank.

It’s another Trump Crime Family scam like Trump University.

This is an important victory for the rule of law. There is one set of rules for everyone.

We’ll continue to move our suit forward to ensure that the Trump Foundation and its directors are held accountable for their clear and repeated violations of state and federal law.

— NY AG Underwood (@NewYorkStateAG) December 18, 2018

Shut down due to illegal activity:

1. Trump University
2. Trump Foundation

Under criminal investigation:

1. Trump campaign
2. Trump transition
3. Trump inauguration
4. Trump administration
5. Trump Organization

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 18, 2018

The breakdown of current values, according to Trump Fdn docs:
–Tim Tebow-signed helmet, valued at $475.
–4-foot-tall portrait of @realDonaldTrump, valued at $500.
–6-foot-tall portrait of Trump, valued at….$0. https://t.co/2ESDr60Rwk

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018

BREAKING: @realDonaldTrump agrees to shut down his troubled charity, and give its money away to charities approved by a judge.
The NY AG's lawsuit against Trump & his kids will continue.https://t.co/sq2pSaPEUF

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018

The State of New York has determined that the Trump family cannot be trusted to fulfill their basic fiduciary duties as stewards of charitable funds.

We’ve entrusted the entire well-being of the United States to these same people. https://t.co/5KfGNY0kGn

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) December 18, 2018

Reminder: The Trump Foundation’s largest gift — $264,631 — was used to renovate a fountain outside Trump’s Plaza Hotel https://t.co/ylSfDPAmpD https://t.co/SFvKT8sb2n

— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) December 18, 2018

Fahrenthold is the expert on Trump Foundation contributions and expenses. He has done a great job for years.

Another mystery we still haven't solved! I don't know where the missing Tim Tebow helmet is. @realDonaldTrump bought it with $12,000 in charity money, at the height of Tebow's career w/the Broncos. https://t.co/racBGO0CTG

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018

AMA! I'll be live talking about the Trump Foundation (and the Trump Organization) at 1 p.m. Eastern time tomorrow. Find it here: https://t.co/swsHqXKyB7 pic.twitter.com/5LXXE9WM3k

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018

UPDATE: NY AG says that @realDonaldTrump's Fdn will have to sell off its 3 physical possessions, including a Tim Tebow-signed helmet, and 2 paintings of Trump himself.
Trump paid $42K for them, using foundation $.
Now says they're worth $975 combined.https://t.co/eL3sirHwYS

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) December 18, 2018

The motives of many Trump Fdn donors are still a mystery. Of those we know, lots were Trump appearance fees that were paid to the foundation instead of directly to Trump. It was win-win: Trump avoided income tax on the $$ and the "donor" got a deduction. https://t.co/Mml4jN8gS3

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) December 18, 2018

We’ve had to repeatedly file complaints against the Trump Foundation for violating the law. https://t.co/PjHAlNTysQ

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 18, 2018

“Trump Foundation to close under judicial supervision amid a lawsuit pointing to self-dealing for political gain in a shocking pattern of illegality that was willful and repeated.” Imagine Republicans if this headline was about Obama. I mean, Armageddon. https://t.co/BA4qwla7nW

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) December 18, 2018

After all the baseless attacks on the Clinton Foundation, it turned out that the actually illegal foundation was Trump’s. Who could’ve predicted that? Everyone!!!

— Touré (@Toure) December 18, 2018

The Trump Foundation was essential Trumpism: one for all and all for me https://t.co/2EY4StkiGv pic.twitter.com/JPICCCK1IW

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) December 18, 2018

Interesting coincidence that Bondi is at the White House the same day the Trump Foundation moves to dissolve. A $25,000 payment to Bondi from the Foundation is among the alleged acts of wrongdoing. https://t.co/vYK2pe21p6

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 18, 2018

The NY AG found unlawful coordination between the Trump Foundation and Trump campaign.

SDNY found Individual 1 directed unlawful coordination of hush money payments.

We must continue to investigate whether the campaign’s unlawful coordination extended to the Russians. https://t.co/DgXSkZeU17

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) December 18, 2018

This isn’t voluntary. It’s Trump shutting down foundation because it is squarely in the dangerous crosshairs of NY Atty General investigation.

It’s like Michael Cohen’s plea in that sense — coming forward at the end, reluctantly, because caught red handed https://t.co/adY2kU3b4a

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) December 18, 2018

Trump under investigation in many areas

a good graphic

UNDER INVESTIGATION:

Trump administration
Trump campaign
Trump transition
Trump inauguration
Trump organization
Trump foundation pic.twitter.com/FbfK6z4efg

— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) December 14, 2018

“Two years after Donald Trump won the presidency, nearly every organization he has led in the past decade is under investigation” https://t.co/utlPnkWbtD

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) December 15, 2018

"At this point, the only surprise would be if there hadn’t been any corrupt dealings in the inauguration. It has long been a source of suspicion because the records are not public, and the sums are staggering." – @PaulWaldman1 https://t.co/wv1av9OBaD #TrumpCrimeFamily

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) December 15, 2018

update 12/18/18

I broke down precisely how many investigations are targeting Donald Trump—and what they are. Answer: There are *17* distinct investigations into Donald Trump's world, as prosecutors probe almost every aspect of how money flowed in and out of his orgs. https://t.co/K162RATwsr

— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) December 17, 2018

Just a reminder as we start another week in Washingtonhttps://t.co/ul9DNHfrjX

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 17, 2018

If you don’t think Trump is a crook, explain all of this

I bet he has committed crimes in one or more of these areas. I don’t want him to be impeached because it will fail in the Senate. I want him to be indicted – if it has to wait until he is no longer president, then we’ll wait. I want him to go to jail if he is a criminal.

Campaign finance fraud – if Michael Cohen is guilty, how can Trump not be guilty too? None of this would have happened without Trump’s infidelities. Trump got laid but Cohen got screwed.
Trump Foundation – Trump used the foundation like a personal checkbook. The New York Attorney General is investigating this.
Collusion – We don’t know if he colluded with the Russians. I’ll defer to Mueller on this one.
Obstruction of justice – This seems more likely. There are things like the firing of Comey and Trump’s writing of the false statement about his son’s meeting with the Russians
Tax Fraud – This was exposed by the New York Times. It could be pursued in civil court which has no time limits. Criminal tax cases usually have a six year limit.
Emoluments – Trump is being sued by the attorneys general of Maryland and DC. The conflicts of interest are obvious when representatives of foreign countries have functions or stay at his properties. Some of Trump’s policies (such as those toward Saudi Arabia) could be influenced by his personal business interests.
Money laundering – The Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee will investigate this next year when they take over
Defamation lawsuit by Summer Dervos – still in process

New York Supreme Court throws out Trump’s motion to dismiss Trump Foundation lawsuit

Lock them up!

Newly released filings show President Trump's company transferring money to the Donald J. Trump Foundation charity in 2017 https://t.co/BduwVdewBB pic.twitter.com/8xoqAlSncM

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 27, 2018

NEW via @OConnellPostbiz @fahrenthold: New York state judge allows suit against Trump and his personal charity to proceed https://t.co/1N3eC2S615

— Matea Gold (@mateagold) November 23, 2018

#BREAKING: The New York State Supreme Court just denied the motion to dismiss our lawsuit against the Trump Foundation and its directors: @realDonaldTrump, Donald J. Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump. https://t.co/rYj2I76d22 pic.twitter.com/8wJvy17Gsx

— NY AG Underwood (@NewYorkStateAG) November 23, 2018

Let the games begin! https://t.co/SbwMldatos

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) November 23, 2018

Trump Foundation court case

Judge on Don Jr, Ivanka and Eric’s failure to hold a single meeting of the board of directors of the trump foundation; “even if they are doing spectacularly good work, they are still required to follow the law” trump lawyer says “I hear you. Theres never been a case like this”

— Andrea Bernstein (@AndreaWNYC) October 25, 2018

Hearing over. No decision yet. Judge skeptical of Trump’s call to dismiss suit, but waiting for an appeals court to say if POTUS can be sued https://t.co/wzsXCFqoZ1

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 25, 2018

.@realDonaldTrump’s attys sought to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Trump misused his charity. The judge was…skeptical. https://t.co/JN0CvGn5SX

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 25, 2018

An explanation I hadn’t heard before: @realdonaldtrump “had” to buy a portrait of himself with a charity’s $, b/c no one else wanted it. https://t.co/9OaUrKJqOV

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 25, 2018

NEW: Tax return reveals Trump remained Trump Foundation president his whole first year in office. It was funded entirely by his business & a “reimbursement” by his golf club for a 5-yr-old payment under scrutiny by NY AG lawsuit as “improper self-dealing” https://t.co/e5JNMEvSNF pic.twitter.com/2o8bPxcbGh

— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) November 27, 2018

Republicans are fine with Trump’s corrupt activities

I just watched McConnell's AP interview.

McConnell is directly asked whether Trump's tax returns & biz dealings are legit lines of inquiry. He calls this "harassment."

Republicans keep openly stating they're just fine with Trump's corruption.

New piece: https://t.co/CpPII4ijMw

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 10, 2018

New York is investigating into whether the Trump Foundation violated tax laws

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has opened an investigation into whether the Donald J. Trump Foundation violated state tax laws, a move that could lead to a criminal referral for possible prosecution, according to two state officials https://t.co/No1nBvo8zT

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 19, 2018

Trump Foundation donated money to charities that held events at Mar-a-Lago

The Trump Foundation donated money to charities that used Mar-a-Lago for events. Sounds sleazy to me. Of course, the Florida Attorney General (see below) won’t do anything.

“Nearly all of the $706,000 in donations made by the Donald J. Trump Foundation in Palm Beach County since 2008 went to charities that hosted lavish fundraisers at Mar-a-Lago” https://t.co/rOFsnuKkUt

— Evan Pérez (@evanperez) July 9, 2018

Thread explaining potential money laundering in latest Trump Foundation revelation. https://t.co/7MQk0bXPKT

— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) July 9, 2018

Trumps foundation once donated $25k to Pam Bondi's reelection as she was considering opening a case against Trump University in Florida. She promptly blocked the investigation. Trump bragged about paying off public officials for years afterhttps://t.co/dh6fhD3Gjf

— Post-Culture Review (@PostCultRev) December 16, 2017