The Internal Revenue Service has agreed by levying a fine on the foundation for violating the rules that bar political donations by the charities.

As per custom,Trump’s campaign refused to respond to questions by the reporter. A lot has been made over the Clinton Foundation and its connections to her while she was head of the State Department.

This newspaper, among many others, has chided her for failing to sever the connection with the foundation so as to eliminate the appearance of a conflict of interest. But despite all the innuendo and suggestions of wrong doings, despite all the outrage generated by the right-wing attack machine, no actual fight or legal violation has turned up, even with armies of investigators working feverishly to discover wrong doing that apparently isn’t there.

What attracted far less attention than the numerous stories about the Clinton/Foundation connection was news disclosed by the Washington Post that Donald Trump paid a penalty to the IRS involving a $25,000 gift by the Trump Foundation.

The recipient was a political committee called And Justice for All controlled by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. As a registered nonprofit, the Trump Foundation should not make political donations. The gift violated the federal regulations.

That the gift was given and received was not in dispute. According to a spokesman for the Trump Organization after the IRS action, Mr. Trump reimbursed the foundation and paid the $2,500 fine personally.

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By Prakriti Neogi