Trump Pays Penalty For Ethically Questionable Political Donation

Donald Trump paid a $2,500 IRS fine this year for making a $25,000 gift from his charity to support the re-election of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi three years ago, David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post reports.

In September 2013, three days before Trump made his donation to a political action committee supporting Bondi, the Orlando Sentinel reported that her office was considering joining the state of New York in a lawsuit against Trump University, which sold real estate seminars and was not, as the name suggested, an accredited academic institution. Ultimately, Bondi did not join New York’s case.