Friday, September 09, 2016
Trump's foundation funded $100K of a citizens united lawsuit in 2014 with the former FEC chair McGhan (sp?), who is now counsel for Trump. The $1M foundation is funded by the sale of one of Trump's books.
Last month a judge dismissed the case. CU v FEC got dismissed too, before it reached the Supreme Court. I do not yet know much about the case, the complaint, the decision, etc. I will go looking for that. The issues have to do with disclosure of CU's donors to New York state. CU's Bossie is now part of the Trump campaign.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-charity-gave-100000-to-david-bossies-citizens-united-that-helped-fund-lawsuit-against-moguls-foe-151337835.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma
"The document Citizens United v. N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Overview has been deleted."
I did not fijnd the ruling on the dismissal but here's the denial of the injunction
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2014cv03703/427344/38/
27 pages. It's a non-trivial case, requesting exemption from disclosure under the NAACP v Alabama standard. Because this is a somewhat tough standard to win, it could become a significant case if reversed on appeal.
It is entirely proper for a charitable foundation to fund this kind of First Amendment activity.
But in 2014, Trump was not on our radar as a funder of such efforts. Was he already planning to run and win?
Last month a judge dismissed the case. CU v FEC got dismissed too, before it reached the Supreme Court. I do not yet know much about the case, the complaint, the decision, etc. I will go looking for that. The issues have to do with disclosure of CU's donors to New York state. CU's Bossie is now part of the Trump campaign.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-charity-gave-100000-to-david-bossies-citizens-united-that-helped-fund-lawsuit-against-moguls-foe-151337835.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma
"The document Citizens United v. N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Overview has been deleted."
I did not fijnd the ruling on the dismissal but here's the denial of the injunction
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2014cv03703/427344/38/
27 pages. It's a non-trivial case, requesting exemption from disclosure under the NAACP v Alabama standard. Because this is a somewhat tough standard to win, it could become a significant case if reversed on appeal.
It is entirely proper for a charitable foundation to fund this kind of First Amendment activity.
But in 2014, Trump was not on our radar as a funder of such efforts. Was he already planning to run and win?
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