Trump Presidential Transition Team Agrees to Settlement Over Registration as Charitable Organization, Subpoena Compliance
AG’s Office Will Receive Transition Records that Organization Previously Refused to Produce
NEWARK – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“the Division”) announced today that Trump for America, Inc., a New Jersey-based 501(c)(4) social welfare organization that raised millions of dollars to support Donald J. Trump’s 2016 Presidential Transition, has entered into an agreement to resolve allegations that the entity unlawfully failed to register with the Division as a charitable organization and then failed to comply with a related subpoena.
Under the agreement, Trump for America, Inc. will cease to exist; will pay a penalty of $30,000, with $27,500 suspended; and will submit a registration statement and additional documents to the Division. The agreement preserves the Division’s ability to further investigate other misconduct by Trump for America, Inc. beyond its failure to register with the Division as a charitable organization.
The agreement also resolves a dispute between the Division and KCH & Associates, LLC, which the Division alleges provided paid fundraising assistance to Trump for America, Inc. without registering with the Division as a fund raising counsel or independent paid fund raiser, then failed to comply with a related subpoena. KCH & Associates will file a registration statement with the Division; pay a penalty of $30,000, with $27,500 suspended; and produce records responsive to the Division’s subpoena.NEWARK – Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“the Division”) announced today that Trump for America, Inc., a New Jersey-based 501(c)(4) social welfare organization that raised millions of dollars to support Donald J. Trump’s 2016 Presidential Transition, has entered into an agreement to resolve allegations that the entity unlawfully failed to register with the Division as a charitable organization and then failed to comply with a related subpoena.