Where Is The Outrage Over Trump's Illegal Use Of Foundation Money

I’m wondering where the calls for Donald Trump to withdraw from the race or for him to be indicted are coming from with regard to the Washington Post article yesterday that detailed how Trump used his foundation to pay over $250,000 in legal obligations that were his or his for-profit businesses. So far I have seen or heard very little. The NY Times managed to put this story on page A18 while at the same time devoting front page space to Donald Trump, Jr.’s Skittles controversy. As the Huffington Post points out, other elected officials have been indicted and even sent to prison for far less. And there is a clear possibility that Trump may have engaged in tax evasion if all this was improperly reported.

The Huffington Post article states, “If Trump were a normal candidate, these allegations would be devastating…Normal candidates have resigned from office and pleaded guilty to charges stemming from similar games with charities that Trump has played. Some have gone to prison. If recent campaign history holds, Trump will move on from this to his next momentary scandal.” Perhaps the reason that Trump gets away with his continual lies and scandals is that the press seems to be incapable of calling a lie and a potential crime exactly what they are. They merely use some euphemism to describe the event and then wait for the next Trump scandal. They never press him on a repeated basis to answer for any of his lies or apparent illegal activity. It is interesting to note that the only event that drove the press to actually start using the word “lie” about Trump was when they felt he had misled them by turning what was supposed to be an announcement on the birther issue into a PR event for Trump’s new hotel. The press was up in arms when they felt Trump lied to them. But when Trump lies to the American people, the press just merely writes it down and moves on.