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Trump Busted: Money From Fundraiser To Go To His Foundation, Not Veterans Groups

By: Sarah Jones
Thursday, January 28th, 2016, 4:48 pm

As part of his middle finger to Fox News for not stabbing Megyn Kelly in the back, Trump is sitting out tonight’s Republican debate and running counterprogramming. Trump is claiming to be raising money for veterans causes at a hastily tossed together “fundraiser” for veterans at Drake University during the debate.

But the donations actually go to Trump’s foundation, which doesn’t have a good record of donating to veterans groups or their causes.

Trump’s newly registered veteran donation site claims “100% of your donations will go directly to Veterans needs,” but the staff at the conservative Federalist put 1 and 1 together and they didn’t get 2.

“There’s only one problem: 100% of the money raised on the site goes directly to Donald Trump’s personal non-profit foundation, according to a disclosure listed at the bottom of the page,” The Federalist staff determined (wisely crediting “Federalist staff”, lest Donald Trump decide why not when he next ponders killing journalists like his pal Putin).

The Federalist’s digging revealed that this special donation site was set up by the people who did Donald Trump’s campaign domain and Trump’s foundation does not have a history of donating to veterans or their causes. In fact, they point out that Forbes found that barely 1% of Trump’s foundation’s donations went to organizations that support veterans.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/01/28/trump-busted-money-fundraiser-foundation-veterans-groups.html

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Trump’s New Pro-Veterans Website Directs All Donations To Trump’s Personal Foundation

Rather than going directly to veterans groups, 100% of online donations on Trump's pro-veterans site will go directly to Trump's personal foundation.

January 28, 2016 By The Federalist Staff

After ducking the final Republican presidential debate heading into next week’s Iowa caucuses, GOP front-runner Donald Trump announced that he would hold his own pro-veterans event during the debate to raise money for veterans. Trump even set up a special website to solicit donations to help veterans.

“Honor their valor,” the website, donaldtrumpforvets.com, states. “Donate now to help our Veterans.”

The website, which is nothing more than a single page with stock photos and a credit card donation form, claims that “100% of your donations will go directly to Veterans needs.”

There’s only one problem: 100% of the money raised on the site goes directly to Donald Trump’s personal non-profit foundation, according to a disclosure listed at the bottom of the page.

“The Donald J Trump Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization,” the disclosure reads. “An email confirmation with a summary of your donation will be sent to the email address provided above.”


http://thefederalist.com/2016/01/28/trumps-new-pro-veterans-website-directs-all-donations-to-trumps-personal-foundation/

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For Years, Trump's Charity Gave Veterans Little More Than Peanuts
Now he wants to use them as political props.

10:11 PM, Jan 27, 2016 | By John McCormack

http://www.weeklystandard.com/for-years-trumps-charity-gave-veterans-little-more-than-peanuts/article/2000776