Last year's Forbes 400 overestimated how much he has actually donated to charity; has pledged more than $1 billion but money to be transferred piecemeal over period of years.
An investigation by the Washington Post has not been able to validate that Trump has actually donated the money he pledged, instead finding, "Trump promised millions to charity.
Two days after Trump went before the press and bashed journalists for questioning whether he had actually donated the $6 million he said he raised for veterans, Ryan apparently decided Trump had changed his tone enough to earn his endorsement.
After the news of Jones's victory broke, Republican Senator Jeff Flake (who had actually donated money to the Democrat Jones) tweeted: "Decency wins," while Meghan McCain was more to the point: "Suck it, Bannon".
As Trump campaigned for president on a pro-veterans platform, questions emerged last year about how much money the candidate had actually donated to veterans charities, after a high-profile fundraiser in January.
So far, around 50percentt of the products it has featured have actually been donated by brands, including 23andMe, 3D Doodler, Tapplock, and others.
Turns out Trump didn't raise anywhere near what he said he had (big surprise -- Trump lies about money all the time), and that Trump had never actually donated the one million dollars out of his own pocket that he promised that night.
An extremely small proportion had actually ever donated a solid organ.
At least $1,500 of those donations went to his campaign in the names of company workers who said in recent interviews that they themselves had never actually donated the money.
Icac had also heard evidence that suggested a donation of $100,000 received from Vincent Heufel was actually donated by Mambare Pty Ltd.
