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On the recordDecember 10, 2019
Abuse of power is having a charitable foundation and taking advantage of the charities and using the money for your own purposes and having to pay a $2 million fine and not being allowed to be on a board ever again because you don't have the character to be over a charitable foundation.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler defines abuse of power in the context of charity misuse.

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