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Trump's charity woes are uncommon, if not unprecedented, and could get more costly

  • Written by Philip Hackney, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
Eight charities will get the Trump Foundation's remaining assets. Dennis Van Tine/MediaPunch/IPX via AP

The Donald J. Trump Foundation is now defunct, and the state of New York has ordered the president to give US$2 million to a group of nonprofits out of his own pocket as restitution for breaking the law by misusing charitable funds.

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