Trump Foundation sent cease and desist for lacking proper certification

The Donald J. Trump Foundation has been ordered to immediately stop fundraising after the New York attorney general's office determined Donald Trump's eponymous charitable organization had been soliciting donations without certification, The Washington Post reports.

The cease and desist was sent to the foundation Friday. In New York state, registration is required for charities that solicit more than $25,000 a year from the public; the foundation has spent 2016 aggressively fundraising for veterans' groups.

"One important consequence: Trump's foundation avoided rigorous outside audits, which New York law requires of larger charities which ask the public for money," The Washington Post reports

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The Trump Foundation is made up of only five people: Trump; his three children Ivanka, Donald Jr., and Eric; and one Trump Organization employee. The campaign did not respond to The Washington Post's request for comment. You can read the Post's full report here.