Donald Trump, 2016 Republican presidential nominee, second right, speaks as his sons Eric Trump, right, Donald Trump Jr., left, and his daughter Ivanka Trump listen during the grand opening ceremony of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. The Trump Organization has eight hotels in the U.S. and seven in other countries. The Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. is housed in the 1899 Romanesque Revival-style Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s charitable foundation has persistently broken state and federal laws with improper political activity, self-dealing and failing to follow basic fiduciary obligations, New York said in a lawsuit.
Attorney General Barbara Underwood sued to dissolve the Donald J. Trump Foundation and block its board members from serving on any not-for-profit organization authorized by New York law.
"The Foundation was little more than a checkbook for payments to not-for-profits from Mr. Trump or the Trump Organization,” according to the complaint filed in New York state court Thursday. “This resulted in multiple violations of state and federal law because payments were made using Foundation money regardless of the purpose of the payment.”
The lawsuit names Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and the Donald J. Trump Foundation as defendants.
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