NEW YORK (Dagbladet): The daughter-in-law of the former president of the United States is mentioned as a favorite to become a senator from North Carolina in 2022. Now a review shows that the charity, which has close ties to Lara Trump, has spent up to 1, $ 9 million (just over $ 16 million) at events at Donald Trump’s estate, Mar-a-Lago, and his golf course, reports Huffington Post.
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The organization, Big Dog Ranch Rescue, works to rescue and adopt dogs. According to documents sent to the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the organization has spent $ 1,883,160 on events at Mar-a-Lago and Trump Golf Course a short drive away. The million amount must have been used over a period since 2014.
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In your pocket
In addition, the dog organization plans to spend 225,000 dollars (just over 1.9 million kroner) on an event at Mar-a-Lago this weekend. It appears from an application for the event the organization has submitted to the local authorities in Palm Beach, Florida.
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The profits from such events go straight into Trump’s pocket, writes the Huffington Post.
Mar-a-Lago is Trump’s luxury property in Florida where he has lived permanently since he resigned as president on January 20 this year. The place also functions as a private member club.
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Married
Lara Trump is married to the president’s son, Eric Trump. Since 2018, she has served as chair of charities for Big Dog Ranch Rescue.
In 2019, the leader of the organization, Lauren Simmons, also visited the White House when Trump signed a law on animal cruelty, writes The Guardian.
In a statement Friday, Simmons defends both the affiliation with Lara Trump and the use of Trump’s property.
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– The quality of the service, the beauty of the place and an excellent price to us as a non-profit, in addition to the generosity of fans who fill the events there every year, enable us to save and find homes for thousands of dogs. Our investment there and elsewhere mentioned in the article has given us more than 12 million dollars (about 102 million kroner) over an eight-year period, which gives us the opportunity to continue our mission, says Simmons.
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Broke after Charlottesville
Many other organizations in the United States have linked Trump to the deadly attack on Congress on January 6. But Big Dog Ranch Rescue is still happy to work with Trump. Simmons has also expressed on social media that she supports Trump politically.
In 2017, the charity withdrew from events following Trump’s comments that “very nice people” were marching in a Nazi march in Charlottesville, according to the Huffington Post.
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But since 2018, the organization has again held events on Trump’s property. Since then, Lara Trump has also been used in marketing as chair of the events that aim to raise money.
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Had to quit
According to The Guardian, the situation is similar to Donald Trump’s own charitable foundation, the Trump Foundation. It was dissolved after a lawsuit in 2019 in which the court concluded that Trump had used funds that were to go to charity, to enrich himself.
In a court document, Trump admits that money from the foundation was used to buy a portrait of Donald Trump.
The Eric Trump Foundation, Eric Trump Foundation, has also been investigated for spending money. which was to go to children with cancer, on Trump property expenses.
New York State Attorney Letitia James concluded that the way the Trump Foundation was used to enrich the family itself was so gross that they were no longer allowed to run charitable activities in the state. As part of the legal settlement, Trump also had to pay back about two million dollars to various charities.
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Trump was also criticized during his presidency for using his position for personal gain and sending millions of dollars into his properties by using them for vacations and other events. In that way, he has also forced American taxpayers to pay huge sums to the Trump organization for the stay of Secret Service agents and others in the president’s entourage.
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