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Melania Trump FURIOUS After News Breaks She’s Being Investigated for Possible Fraudulent Charity

We have already covered the burgeoning scandal the New York Times uncovered in reporting that Trump is now creating events that “look” like your typical political fundraisers, but just sort of… aren’t. They are pure “for profit” meet and greet Donald Trump events. He pockets all the money.

A portion of the New York Times report is making even bigger waves on Twitter. It appears that Melania – getting into the action herself, is selling tickets to a “Tea” and some proceeds are going to a charity that doesn’t seem to exist:

“Mrs. Trump is now selling tickets to the April ‘high tea,’ with organizers saying that some of the profits will benefit an initiative of her ‘Be Best’ endeavor called ‘Fostering the Future,’ meant to provide computer-science scholarships to young people who have been in foster care.”

Except “Fostering the Future” doesn’t seem to exist:

“Florida requires any organization that raises charitable contributions in the state to register. No charity with the name ‘Fostering the Future’ or ‘Be Best’ is registered in Florida.”

And so now there is an investigation into Melania’s event:

“Asked about the solicitation, officials at the Florida agency that oversees charitable fund-raising said they also could not find evidence of the required state registration and had opened an inquiry as a result.”

An agency spokeswoman pointed out “the state law requiring charities to register before soliciting money.”

Laws? Pffft. These are Trumps.

But Melania wants you to be assured that absolutely everything is being done lawfully and will be found to be a non-story:

Dishonest reporting at it again. Everything has been done lawfully, & all documents are in the works. Read with caution-typical corrupt media.

We are working w/Bradley Impact Fund, a Donor-Advised Fund, to select charities that will receive the donations to foster children.

Maybe so but that is not what the invitation said. We hope her investigation goes as well for her as Trump’s investigation seems to be going for him.

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Jason Miciak is a political writer, features writer, author, and attorney. He is originally from Canada but grew up in the Pacific Northwest. He now enjoys life as a single dad raising a ridiculously-loved young girl on the beaches of the Gulf Coast. He is very much the dreamy mystic, a day without learning is a day not lived. He is passionate about his flower pots and studies philosophical science, religion, and non-mathematical principles of theoretical physics. Dogs, pizza, and love are proof that God exists. "Above all else, love one another."

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