A lawyer for President Trump on Thursday asked a New York state judge to throw out a lawsuit alleging that Trump violated charity laws — arguing that any mistakes made at the president’s charity were too minor to merit such a case. Trump raised about $5.5 million, and $2.8 million of it went into the Trump Foundation. After that, records obtained by the New York attorney general show, Trump’s campaign staff directed which groups should get the foundation’s money, and when. Underwood has argued that this violated New York state laws that bar charity leaders from using charity money to help themselves personally. Futerfas has also argued that, under the Constitution, sitting presidents should not be sued in state court.

Source: Washington Post October 25, 2018 18:45 UTC