by Jack Davis / Western Center for Journalism
"... you have personally embraced our cause ..."
St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital of Tennessee has confirmed Eric
Trump’s account of the money his charity has helped raise for the
hospital.
A letter from the hospital said the charity has helped raise $16.3 million for over the past decade, buttressing Trump’s comment that the amount given was more than $15 million.
St. Jude’s is a research and treatment facility for diseases in children, primarily pediatric cancer.
The letter came despite tax records showing the Eric Trump Foundation raised much less. However, tax records can often be up to two years behind current giving, the New York Times reported.
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A letter from the hospital said the charity has helped raise $16.3 million for over the past decade, buttressing Trump’s comment that the amount given was more than $15 million.
St. Jude’s is a research and treatment facility for diseases in children, primarily pediatric cancer.
The letter came despite tax records showing the Eric Trump Foundation raised much less. However, tax records can often be up to two years behind current giving, the New York Times reported.
Read entire article here: http://www.westernjournalism.com/hospital-confirms-eric-trump-raised-millions-children/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_campaign=WJWeeklyEmail&utm_content=2017-01-08