Veterans Charity Turns Down On-Stage Trump Donation

Donald Trump wanted a small veterans charity to be his political prop. It said "no."

Liberty House—one of the 22 organizations chosen to benefit from Trump’s multimillion-dollar fundraiser for veterans—is a scrappy veterans group in New Hampshire, with a small, $300,000 annual budget.

On Friday, Liberty House Executive Director Keith Howard received a call from a Trump campaign staffer, who conveyed that Trump would like to publicly present the organization with a six-figure check at a Londonderry rally on Monday, right before the Granite State primary.

It’s an enormous amount of money for a small charity. But Howard said he wouldn’t do it—risking the entire, substantial donation on a point of principle.