Charity Receiving Trump Donation Being Sued

One of the charities receiving money from the Donald Trump fundraiser for veterans is a Michigan-based operation being sued by the Minnesota Attorney General.

At a Tuesday morning press conference, the presumptive Republican nominee, announced a list of charities that would receive approximately $5.6 million raised by him at an event in January.

At a sometimes combative press conference, Trump said the donations had been delayed because of an extensive vetting process.

“You have to go through a process. When you send checks for hundreds of thousands of dollars to people and to companies and to groups that you’ve never heard of, charitable organizations, you have to vet it,” Trump said. “You send people out. You do a lot of work."

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One of those is Southfield, Michigan-based Foundation for American Veterans. Trump said they would receive $75,000.

Last week, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson sued Foundation for American Veterans and its telemarketing affiliate, American Community Services for sending out fraudulent “pledge reminders” and making other deceptive claims in an effort to solicit donations.

ACS has been the subject of legal action in close to a dozen states, several of which have resulted in legal settlements.

In 2011, they settled a suit with Oregon, agreeing to pay $40,000 and not solicit donations from Oregonians for more than two years.

In 2009, the Oregon Attorney General had labeled them one of the "worst charities" - citing how less than nine percent of the money they collected had actually gone to the charitable cause.

In the Minnesota, Swanson charges that the foundation paid American Community Services more than $27 million over the past six years with only about ten percent of the money going to help vets.

According to Swanson’s office, most of the money stayed with ACS and its affiliates.

Her office also said that the Foundation for American Veterans has two employees - both of whom work out of their homes.

A Trump spokeswoman has not yet responded to questions concerning the donation to Foundation for American Veterans, the lawsuit filed against them and American Community Services, and the vetting process that was undertaken before the donations were made.

Calls to the foundation seeking comment have not yet been returned.