Nov. 23: N.Y. Supreme Court clears the way for state lawsuit against Trump Foundation

Aug. 24: Trump Foundation: How New York's growing case could impact the president

According to Underwood's office, the event was largely directed by Trump's campaign staff, which directed where the funds went. The lawsuit will continue in court because it also seeks two other outcomes: $2.8 million in restitution, plus penalties, and a ban on Trump and his three eldest children serving on the board of any other New York nonprofit. Some other fun Trumpy expenditures turned up in the AG’s report and the Post’s reporting: “A $264,231 gift to the Central Park Conservancy in 1989 — appeared to benefit Trump’s business: It paid to restore a fountain outside Trump’s Plaza Hotel.” And the best of all: “a $7 foundation gift to the Boy Scouts that same year, appeared to benefit Trump’s family. On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced a settlement with the foundation in its ongoing suit, which alleges that “the Foundation was little more than a checkbook for payments to not-for-profits from Mr. Trump or the Trump Organization.”

On Tuesday, Underwood said the investigation has uncovered “a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation — including unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing, and much more.”

The lawsuit will continue, but as part of the settlement, the Trump Foundation must dissolve, and distribute its assets to actual charities. “The Trump Foundation was little more than a checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his businesses to nonprofits, regardless of their purpose or legality,” Underwood said in a statement at the time.
The Donald J. Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve under judicial supervision while a lawsuit in the state of New York is ongoing.