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And it begins....and you anti Clintons bitched about the Clinton foundation...... Nonprofit Run by Donald Trump’s Sons Offers Inauguration Access for $1 Million Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity Dec. 19, 2016 Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are among the nonprofit's directors A new Texas nonprofit led by Donald Trump’s grown sons is offering access to the freshly-minted president during inauguration weekend — all in exchange for million-dollar donations to unnamed “conservation” charities, according to interviews and documents reviewed by the Center for Public Integrity. And the donors’ identities may never be known. Prospective million-dollar donors to the “Opening Day 2017” event — slated for Jan. 21, the day after inauguration, at Washington, D.C.’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center — receive a “private reception and photo opportunity for 16 guests with President Donald J. Trump,” a “multi-day hunting and/or fishing excursion for 4 guests with Donald Trump, Jr. and/or Eric Trump, and team,” as well as tickets to other events and “autographed guitars by an Opening Day 2017 performer.” Website TMZ.com first published a brochure hyping the happening. The brochure says that “all net proceeds from the Opening Day event will be donated to conservation charities,” but it does not name the charities or detail how net proceeds will be calculated. Who’s behind the get-together? Walter Kinzie, chief executive officer of Texas event management company Encore Live, confirmed to the Center for Public Integrity that a nonprofit group called the Opening Day Foundation hired his firm to manage Opening Day 2017. A Center for Public Integrity review of Texas incorporation records found the Opening Day Foundation was created less than a week ago, on Dec. 14. Unlike political committees, such nonprofits aren’t required by law to reveal their donors, allowing sponsors to write seven-figure checks for access to the president while staying anonymous, if they choose. The paperwork for the Opening Day Foundation listed four directors: Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Dallas investor Gentry Beach and Tom Hicks Jr., the son of a Dallas billionaire. Beach and Hicks are reportedly close friends with Donald Trump Jr., and both men helped raise millions of dollars for Trump’s campaign. “The event is being put on by the Opening Day Foundation,” Kinzie confirmed, adding: “There are a number of different individuals who are part of the foundation.” Kinzie also said the information in the brochure posted by TMZ.com was not entirely accurate — he did not specify what was incorrect — and he added that the participation of Trump family members is not confirmed. The Trump Organization, a spokeswoman for President-elect Trump and the presidential transition team did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Hicks and Beach also did not immediately respond to phone messages requesting comment. The brochure for “Opening Day 2017,” an event described as “honoring President Donald J. Trump,” offers sponsor packages ranging from $25,000 to $1 million. The event will “celebrate the great American tradition of outdoor sporting, shooting, fishing and conservation,” the brochure states. Mike Ingram, an Arizona developer who is listed as one of the co-chairmen, said Beach approached him to help. “I’m honored to do it,” he said. “It’s not going to be a black tie event. It’s going to be boots and jeans and camouflage and it’s going to raise a lot of money to go to sportsman’s charities” and conservation charities, he said. Ingram said he could not confirm the Trump family’s participation. “This is problematic on so many levels,” said Larry Noble, the general counsel of the Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan campaign reform organization. “This is Donald Trump and the Trump family using a brand new organization to raise $1 million contributions for a vague goal of giving money to conservation charities, which seems a way of basically just selling influence and selling the ability to meet with the president.” Noble cautioned that the details of the event and its association with the new nonprofit listing the Trump brothers as directors are still unclear. “It’s really hard to identify all the problems when they’re so vague,” he said. The Trump family has recently endured criticism for appearing to sell access to Trump’s adult children, who serve on the executive committee of Trump’s presidential transition team and have functioned as key advisers since he began his campaign. The family canceled an auction for coffee with Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump last week after ethics experts said it was ethically questionable, according to the New York Times. The proceeds of the auction would have gone to the Eric Trump Foundation, an existing nonprofit whose mission is to support a children’s hospital. http://time.com/4607439/donald-trump-inauguration-sons-nonprofit-texas/

Watch what happens.....Trump will be tested and hopefully its not planes crashing into buildings. Remember Bush blew off intel....well Trump wont even attend briefings. Our enemies see this. But hey Cold War you go with what you know like your deplorable buddies here....thats not much.

Pssst hey Highmark Clinton lost the election the target is on Trump now. I know its gonna be very difficult to stop blaming the democrats but they are in the minority now....so you need to focus your criticism on the Trump administration.

Your bunker is not deep enough

Unlike you I don't answer dumbass questions.

Flexibility to do what? Please tell us!

Thats a big owned

Ya but Trump is a businessman.....like Bush was.

You need to step away

Dead and permanently disabled soldiers arriving daily from war zones, 4 dollar a gallon gasoline, 12% unemployment rates, bank failures....oh for those glory days!

LMAO at this thread.....oh those glorious Bush years!

LOL

What a bunch of pussies we have here. SR easily controls your panties every fuckin day.

The FBI cost Clinton the White House along with the Russian hacks. Trump will pay for it as the Russians didn't just hack Clinton. Imagine the shit the Russians are holding on Trump? It's gonna be worse than the Weiner fiasco....lmao

I got a headline today.....thanks!

It means it's a outdated handicapping device for the Republican party

The EC was set up to protect slavery

The "yahbuts" will be here soon

No matter what anyone here thinks Obama has kept this country safe.

A very worthy cause for the Holidays especially! Good post Vince.

Dumpa Lumpa

He failed with China last week regarding the sub theft. First he says give it back then says ahhhh just keep it. What a clown....hey China take some more stuff Trump doesn't care. Watch for a big one.

Hes way the fuck out. Russia will test Trump and will get more aggressive real soon.

In his first month Trump will be tested by another country. It will be very interesting as to how he reacts.