>>> ON HIS 72nd BIRTHDAY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WAS ONCE AGAIN ACCUSED OF FRAUD
BY THE NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
GENERAL. THE NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL ALONG WITH TWO OTHER
STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL ACCUSED
DONALD TRUMP OF FRAUD IN THE
OPERATION OF TRUMP UNIVERSITY.
DONALD TRUMP VOWED BACK THEN TO
FIGHT THAT CASE TO THE END BUT
HE EVENTUALLY SURRENDERSED AND
AGREED TO PAY $25 MILLION IN
FINES FOR THE FRAUD THAT WAS
TRUMP UNIVERSITY.
TRUMP UNIVERSITY. THIS NEW FRAUD CASE, THE STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK
SAYS THE FRAUD IS THE TRUMP
FOUNDATION, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO
BE A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION BUT
ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL HAS BEEN OPERATED IN A,
QUOTE, PERSISTENTLY ILLEGAL
MANNER.
MANNER. WHICH INCLUDED IMPROPER AND
EXTENSIVE POLITICAL ACTIVITY,
REPEATED AND WILLFUL
SELF-DEALING TRANSACTIONS AND
FAILURE TO FOLLOW FIDUCIARY
OBLIGATIONS.
OBLIGATIONS. NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
BARBARA UNDERWOOD IS ASKING THE
COURT TO DISSOLVE THE TRUMP
FOUNDATION OBTAIN RESTITUTION OF
$2.8 MILLION AND BAN DONALD
TRUMP FROM SERVING ON ANY NEW
YORK NON-PROFIT BOARDS FOR TEN
YEARS AND BAN HIS THREE CHILDREN
FROM SERVING ON ANY CHARITABLE
BOARDS FOR ONE YEAR.
ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDERWOOD ALSO
REFERRED OTHER POSSIBLE
VIOLATIONS OF TAX LAW TO THE
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND
POSSIBLY VIOLATIONS OF THE
CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW TO THE
ELECTION COMMISSION.
ELECTION COMMISSION. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CALLED THE
FOUNDATION, QUOTE, LITTLE MORE
THAN A CHECKBOOK FOR DONALD
TRUMP AND DETAILED HOW THE
PRESIDENT USED IT TO SETTLE
PERSONAL LAWSUITS LIKE IN 2007
WHEN HE WAS SUED FOR THE SIZE OF
A FLAGPOLE AT HIS FLORIDA CLUB.
DONALD TRUMP SETTLED THE CASE BY
AGREEING HE WOULD DONATE
$100,000 TO A CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION. TRUMP THEN SENT THIS HANDWRITTEN
NOTE TO HIS ACCOUNTING STAFF
DIRECTING THEM TO TAKE THE
$100,000 FROM THE TRUMP
FOUNDATION TO PAY THAT OTHER
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO USE
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION MONEY TO
SETTLE PERSONAL LAWSUITS.
ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDERWOOD ALSO
SAID, QUOTE, THE FOUNDATION
CEDED CONTROL OVER THE
CHARITABLE FUNDS IT RAISED TO
SENIOR TRUMP CAMPAIGN STAFF WHO
DICTATED THE MANNER IN WHICH THE
FOUNDATION WOULD DISBURSE THOSE
PROCEEDS DIRECTING THE TIMING,
AMOUNTS, AND RECEIPTS OF THE
GRANTS.
GRANTS. IT IS ILLEGAL TO USE CHARITABLE
FUNDS FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.
VERY LITTLE OF THE MONEY IN THE
TRUMP FOUNDATION CAME FROM
ANYONE NAMED TRUMP.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN THE TRUMP FOUNDATION CAME FOR
EXAMPLE FROM CONTRIBUTIONS BY
NBC WHEN DONALD TRUMP HAD A
TELEVISION SHOW ON NBC.
DAVID FRUM, DURING HIS
REPORTINGS
REPORTINGS REPORTINGS, FOUND DONALD TRUMP’S
CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE ABSOLUTELY
ZERO FOR EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. NOW THAT DONALD TRUMP IS BEING
CHARGED WITH FRAUD ONCE AGAIN BY
THE NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL DONALD TRUMP HAS ONCE
AGAIN SAID, I WON’T SETTLE THIS
CLAIM!
CLAIM! JOINING US NOW DAVID K.
JOHNSTON, HE’S THE AUTHOR OF
"IT’S EVEN WORSE THAN YOU
THINK".
THINK". DAVID, LET’S BEGIN WITH THE
PREDICTION THAT DONALD TRUMP IS
ONCE AGAIN LYING WHEN HE SAYS, I
WILL NOT SETTLE THIS FRAUD CASE.
THERE’S NOWHERE ELSE FOR HIM TO
GO EVENTUALLY THAN SETTLING THIS
CASE.
CASE. >> SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD
DONALD WILL SETTLE THIS.
I THINK THE FILING BY THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK
TODAY MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY MEET
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STANDARDS
FOR PROSECUTION FOR TAX CRIMES.
THESE ARE MULTIPLE OFFENSES OVER
A NUMBER OF YEARS IT’S NOT AN
ISSUE OF INADVERTENT.
IT’S FLAG RANT.
YOU PROSECUTE PEOPLE TO DETRACT
OTHERS.
OTHERS. IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING DONALD TRUMP IN THE
PAST HAS CONFESSED TO BEING A
SALES TAX CHEAT, HAS TWO INCOME
TAX TRIALS.
TAX TRIALS. AND IT’S WHY WE NEED AN AUDIT OF
THE COMMITTEE AND WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE MONEY THERE, AND WHY WE
NEED TO SEE DONALD TRUMP’S TAX
RETURNS WHICH I’M CONFIDENT WILL
SHOW HE’S A SERIAL TAX CHEATER.
>> I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING
THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW
YORK STATE HAS POINTED OUT.
SHE SAYS AMONG OTHER THINGS,
TRUMP REPEATEDLY SIGNED, UNDER
PENALTIES OF PERJURY, IRS FORMS
990 IN WHICH HE ATTESTED THAT
THE FOUNDATION DID NOT ENGAGE IN
TRANSACTIONS WITH INTERESTED
PARTIES AND THAT THE FOUNDATION
DID NOT CARRY OUT POLITICAL
ACTIVITY.
ACTIVITY. AND DAVID, JUST TECHNICALLY, THE
WAY YOU COMMIT A TAX CRIME IN
THIS COUNTRY MOST OF THE TIME IS
BY SIGNING YOUR NAME.
AND IT IS USUALLY TO A TAX
RETURN BUT ANY TAX FORM THAT YOU
SIGN CAN BE A TAX CRIME.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
THE SIGNATURE LINE, WESLEY SNIPE
WHEN HE FILED HIS FRAUDULENT TAX
RETURNS INSERTED UNDER THE FORM
UNDER NO PENALTY OF PERJURY.
AND DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE THIS
REPEATEDLY.
REPEATEDLY. IT GOES TO SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL
ABOUT THE TRUMP FAMILY.
THE TRUMP FAMILY IS ABOUT
WINNING.
WINNING. AND IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW YOU DO
IT, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT RULES
YOU BREAK.
YOU BREAK. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT LAWS YOU
FLAUNT.
FLAUNT. IF WE’RE GOING TO BE A COUNTRY
OF LAWS, THIS CASE RIGHT HERE,
ABSOLUTELY ESTABLISHES THAT
DONALD TRUMP MEETS THE
STANDARDS.
STANDARDS. IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REGULATION
THAT YOU CAN’T INDICT A SITTING
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. MAKE HILL AN UNINDICTED
COCONSPIRATOR OR WITH HOLD
PROSECUTION BY GETTING HIM TO
HOLD THE STATUTE UNTIL HE LEAVES
OFFICE.
OFFICE. >> THE REFERRAL TO THE IRS, IS
THAT SOMETHING THAT THE INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE CAN LOOK AT FROM
THE NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL AND THROW IT AWAY.
>> THEY CAN IF THEY WANT TO.
BUT THE CASE IS SUPPOSED TO BE
SERIOUSLY REVIEWED THEN THE IRS
GOES TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
TAX DIVISION WHICH HAS RULES IN
PLACE WITH WHAT TO DO WITH
REFERRALS AND WHO TO PROSECUTE.
I REREAD THOSE TODAY AND THEY
MAKE IT CLEAR THAT DONALD TRUMP
IS A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IN THIS
MATTER.
MATTER. I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE
SPEND ALMOST NO EFFORT IN THIS
COUNTRY TO PROSECUTE TAX CRIMES.
ABOUT 1,600 TAX FELONY
PROSECUTIONS A YEAR, MOST OF
WHICH ARE DRUG DEALERS AND
TRAFFICKERS OR POLITICIANS WHO
TOOK BRIBES.
TOOK BRIBES. >> WE’LL SEE IF THEY HAVE TIME