To the Editor:

Re “Trump’s Misuse of Charity Costs Him $2 Million” (front page, Nov. 8):

The $2 million settlement of the Trump family’s abuse of the laws regarding charities and making Eric, Ivanka and Donald Jr. attend classes is not “ a major victory ,” despite what New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, proclaims. 

Victory would be a settlement that actually punishes these people.  Donald Trump can easily afford to pay the $2 million, and his children will not break a sweat attending their classes.  These punishments are a slap on the wrist for the Trumps’ malfeasance, not real justice. 

John Rossi

Erie, Pa.

To the Editor:

Re “No Charitable Thought for Donald Trump” (editorial, Nov. 10 ):

Your editorial taking President Trump to task for his faux charity repeated his lie that he gave away $19 million, implying that it was his own money and that it represented generosity on his part. 

Thanks to a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation by David Farenthold of The Washington Post, we know that Mr. Trump personally gave $5.5 million to the charity since he established it in 1998.  That’s about $262,000 a year.