# "Trump Foundation lacks the certification required for charities that solicit money"

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 30, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-foundation-lacks-the-certification-required-for-charities-that-solicit-money/767297 "2016-09-30T18:37:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-foundation-lacks-the-certification-required-for-charities-that-solicit-money/767297/26 "2016-10-01T03:46:48Z")

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> [@Chisquirrel](#):
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> I remember seeing something about it (might have been here), but I can’t figure out where. Can we get a lawyer in here please?

Are you thinking of my post where I pointed out he’s already being RICO’d over Trump University?

> [@Somebody summarize the debate for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-summarize-the-debate-for-me/767034/187):
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> [He’s already being RICO’d for the Trump University thing](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/2/1556038/-Judge-Curiel-Rules-Trump-Must-Face-Trial-for-Racketeering-in-Trump-University-Suit)
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> E: I don’t know when the next trial date is, but I’d like to drive home that our country is in a position where a sitting president may, shortly after inauguration (meaning: for a scandal not discovered post-election), have to sit in and defend themselves in a RICO trial.

The followup trial is on November 28, also mentioned in that thread.

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