A New York judge has ruled that President Donald Trump must pay a $2 million settlement for using his charity organization to advance his 2016 campaign.
The settlement brings an end to the lawsuit the New York attorney general’s office filed against the Trump Foundation, claiming the president and his children repeatedly used the charity’s funds to break campaign finance laws, abused its tax-exempt status, and engaged in a pattern of “illegal conduct.” The Trump Foundation was dissolved last year and the organization’s remaining money has been redistributed to other charitable groups
