https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/11/08/trump-foundation-saga-troubled-charity-ends-2-million-judgment/2532798001/
State Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla of Manhattan ruled on Thursday that Trump pay $2 million in damages to various nonprofit groups to settle allegations that he and his family used the Trump Foundation to further his political and business interests.
In a settlement agreement reached last year, Trump and his foundation admitted the campaign had complete control of how the funds were distributed and that Trump took credit for the grants.
In this week's ruling, Scarpulla wrote "that Mr. Trump breached his fiduciary duty" with statutory violations that included "allowing his campaign to orchestrate the fundraiser."
The New York Attorney General's Office followed up, alleging that substantial sums of foundation money were used to pay business debts, finance the presidential campaign and even purchase a giant painting of Trump.