New York Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla told Trump to pay the damages to a group of nonprofit organizations to settle a civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat. It also said that in early 2016, while Trump was running for president, he organized what was billed as a Trump Foundation fundraiser that was actually a campaign event. Trump accused James of “deliberately mischaracterizing this settlement for political purposes,” saying that the resolution of the case was not damages, but simply donations to the charities. “Every penny of the US$19 million raised by the Trump Foundation went to hundreds of great charitable causes with almost no expenses,” he said in a statement. The same day, US magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, who has accused Trump of rape, sued him for defamation after he accused her of making up the allegation.

Source: Taipei Times November 08, 2019 16:06 UTC