Trump Charity Portrait Could Be in Briarcliff Manor

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY — A portrait of Donald Trump purchased by his wife at a charity gala with Donald J. Trump Foundation funds may be hanging at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, according to the Washington Post.

The painting has become a focus in the ongoing controversy about how the foundation uses its money. A charitable foundation's money cannot be spent by its leaders on themselves. The six-foot painting was done as a fundraising gimmick at a charity auction in 2007, the Post reported. Melania Trump won the auction with a bid of $20,000. Payment was made by a check from the Trump foundation.

The Post sent a reporter to the club off Pine Road — who was not allowed in.

Read the entire article on washingtonpost.com.

Trump and his lawyers have been fighting with Briarcliff Manor officials over various issues connected to the club.

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Trump listed the value of the 147-acre private club as being worth in excess of $50 million on a candidate disclosure form, according to ABC News. His lawyers, however, are arguing in a property tax grievance that it's only worth $9 million.

The village sent the club a bill for more than $200,000 after a problem on the course sent water, mud and rocks downhill across Pleasantville Road and into Law Memorial Park in 2011. The lawyers are fighting about that too.

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