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New York AG sues Trump, alleging ‘illegal conduct’ at his charity

New York AG sues Trump, alleging ‘illegal conduct’ at his charity

β€œAs our investigation reveals, the Trump Foundation was little more than a checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his businesses to nonprofits, regardless of their purpose or legality,” Underwood said in a statement. β€œThis is not how private foundations should function and my office intends to hold the Foundation and its directors accountable for its misuse of charitable assets.”

The DOJ ruled 44 years ago that the president cannot pardon himself

The DOJ ruled 44 years ago that the president cannot pardon himself

"However, as Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis pointed out, that wasn't the case at the end of former President Richard Nixon's time in office. "Under the fundamental rule that no one may be a judge in his own case, the president cannot pardon himself," the Department of Justice declared in 1974. The DOJ spelled it out just four days before Nixon resigned, explaining that the president's pardoning power "does not extend to the president himself."