# Trump foundation shutting down

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-foundation-shutting-down/826344>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 18, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-foundation-shutting-down/826344 "2018-12-18T22:04:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-foundation-shutting-down/826344/1 "2018-12-18T22:04:29Z")

</div>

But it does not mean that crimes committed there are not going to be prosecuted.

> **[Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve under court supervision | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/18/politics/trump-foundation-dissolve/index.html)**
>
> President Donald Trump's personal charitable foundation has agreed to dissolve under judicial supervision amid an ongoing lawsuit concerning its finances, according to a document filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court by the New York state Attorney...

the foundation donated $7 to the boy scouts which just happened to be the amount Don Jr. needed to join. 😃

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-foundation-shutting-down/826344/2 "2018-12-18T22:12:02Z")

</div>

The money still held will be dispersed to non-profits that both sides agree on. May I suggest one that the foundation [already donated to](https://www.clintonfoundation.org/)?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-foundation-shutting-down/826344/3 "2018-12-19T02:09:01Z")

</div>

And yet, his base will stay with him.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-foundation-shutting-down/826344/4 "2018-12-19T04:11:11Z")

</div>

> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
>
> the foundation donated $7 to the boy scouts which just happened to be the amount Don Jr. needed to join. 😃

Ha! That’d be just like him, right?

I mean, he wouldn’t have though, that’d be crazy even for him.

I follow the news - I’m sure this would have come up before.

.

…

[… oh.](https://www.bustle.com/p/did-trump-once-pay-his-sons-boy-scout-registration-fee-with-charity-money-72545)