Donald Trump may have pledged to shut down his charitable foundation — but he won't go down without a Twitter fight.

The president-elect on Monday claimed the Donald J. Trump Foundation donated all of its proceeds to charity in a couple of late-night tweets.

'I gave millions of dollars to DJT Foundation, raised or recieved [sic] millions more, ALL of which is given to charity, and media won't report!' Trump tweeted.

He added: 'The DJT Foundation, unlike most foundations, never paid fees, rent, salaries or any expenses. 100% of money goes to wonderful charities!'

Trump's claim to have funneled all donations to charity have been debunked in extensive reporting, which has shown it largely failed to donate all of its proceedings to worthy causes.

The president-elect on Monday claimed the Donald J. Trump Foundation donated all of its proceeds to charity in a series of late-night tweets

Several of Trump's claims on Monday (pictured) have been debunked in extensive reporting, which has shown the charity largely failed to donate all of its proceedings to worthy causes

His foundation has been shown to have used resources to pay for corporate legal expenses and to purchase portraits of the president-elect, including one that now hangs in one of his businesses, the Washington Post reported.

Trump himself hasn't contributed to the foundation since 2008 — and the charity once paid $264,631 to renovate a fountain outside his Plaza Hotel, according to the newspaper.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has been investigating the charity following media reports that foundation spending went to benefit Trump's campaign.

On Saturday, Trump pledged to shut down his charitable foundation to avoid conflicts of interest — but he won't be able to do so until the organization is no longer under investigation by New York's attorney general.

The president-elect said in a statement he would dissolve the Donald J Trump Foundation and had directed his counsel to take necessary steps.

The attorney general's office, however, fired back with a statement saying that wouldn't be legally possible for the time being.

Donald Trump has said he would terminate his charitable foundation, but he won't be able to legally do so while it remains under investigation by the New York attorney general

The Democratic Party meanwhile said shutting down the Trump Foundation is not enough and is calling for the billionaire businessman to put his assets in a blind trust - echoing the criticism Trump has received over upcoming conflicts of interest.

'I will be devoting so much time and energy to the presidency and solving the many problems facing our country and the world. I don't want to allow good work to be associated with a possible conflict of interest,' Trump said in a statement.

The president-elect said he would pursue philanthropic efforts in other ways, but he didn't elaborate on how he'd do so.

But the foundation 'cannot legally dissolve' until the investigation is complete, attorney general press secretary Amy Spitalnick said Saturday.

The charitable foundation was ordered to immediately stop fundraising in New York just weeks before the general election, after Schneiderman's office said it wasn't registered to do so.

The New York attorney general's office said in October the Trump Foundation had a registration for an organization with assets in New York, but the law requires a different registration for those that solicit more than $25,000 a year from the public. The charity complied with the order and stopped its fundraising activities.

A 2015 tax return posted on the nonprofit monitoring website GuideStar shows the Donald J Trump Foundation acknowledged that it used money or assets in violation of IRS regulations — not only during 2015, but in prior years.

Trump's children have played a prominent role in their father's campaign as well as his transition, which has also raised questions among critics about perceived conflicts of interest

Those regulations prohibit self-dealing by the charity. That's broadly defined as using its money or assets to benefit Trump, his family, his companies or substantial contributors to the foundation.

The tax filing doesn't provide details on the violations. Whether Trump benefited from the foundation's spending has been the subject of an investigation by Schneiderman.

In September, Schneiderman disclosed that his office has been investigating Trump's charity to determine whether it has abided by state laws governing nonprofits.

Documents obtained by The Associated Press in September showed Schneiderman's scrutiny of The Donald J Trump Foundation dated back to at least June, when his office formally questioned the donation made by the charity to a group supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Bondi personally solicited the money during a 2013 phone call that came after her office received complaints from former students claiming they were scammed by Trump University, Trump's get-rich-quick real estate seminars.

The Trump Foundation check arrived just days after Bondi's office told a newspaper it was reviewing a lawsuit against Trump University filed by Schneiderman. Bondi's office never sued Trump, though she denies his donation played any role in that decision.

Trump later paid a $2,500 fine over the check from his foundation because it violated federal law barring charities from making political contributions.

Trump was highly critical of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's family charity, the Clinton Foundation, saying without evidence that she ran 'a vast criminal enterprise run out of the State Department' while she was secretary of state. At the final presidential debate, he challenged Clinton to 'give back the money' that came from donors in countries that fail to respect various human rights.

More than half the people outside the government who met with Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation. The proportion indicated possible ethics challenges had she been elected president.

Trump's announcement to dissolve his own foundation came a day after the president-elect took to Twitter to declare it a 'ridiculous shame' that his son Eric will have to stop soliciting funds for his charitable foundation, the Eric Trump Foundation, because of a conflict of interest.

'My wonderful son, Eric, will no longer be allowed to raise money for children with cancer because of a possible conflict of interest with my presidency,' Trump tweeted. 'He loves these kids, has raised millions of dollars for them, and now must stop. Wrong answer!'

The Democratic National Committee criticized the president-elect for what it called 'a wilted fig leaf to cover up his remaining conflicts of interest and his pitiful record of charitable giving'.

The statement from party spokesman Eric Walker also took a jab at the president-elect over his controversial business holdings: 'Shuttering a charity is no substitute for divesting from his for-profit business and putting the assets in a blind trust — the only way to guarantee separation between the Trump administration and the Trump business.'

As the public criticism of Trump's international business operation has intensified, the president-elect, the family is working toward clearing as many potential conflicts as possible before the January 20 inauguration.

His son, Eric, has also announced that he will stop raising funds for his own charity, the Eric Trump Foundation

'I certainly can't deny there is a greater desire to sort of clear the decks as much as possible to avoid distractions,' said Alan Garten, the general counsel at the Trump Organization, told the New York Times.

Trump's children have played a prominent role in their father's campaign as well as his transition, which has also raised questions among critics about perceived conflicts of interest.

After his election victory, Ivanka Trump sat in on a meeting between her father and the prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, at Trump Tower in New York.

Trump was criticized for this because his daughter, who owns and markets her own line of clothing and apparel, has pending business deals and interests with the Japanese government.

Both the Trump Organization and the Ivanka Trump brand are exploring options that would block contact between companies and the federal government, including hiring an outside monitor to oversee the businesses.

The Trump Organization has terminated pending deals for hotels and apartment buildings in Brazil, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Argentina and India.

Labor disputes at Trump's hotels in Las Vegas were settled on Wednesday.

More than 500 food and beverage and housekeeping employees at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas entered into a four-year collective bargaining agreement effective January 1 that guarantees annual raises and pension and healthcare benefits, Trump Hotels and Unite Here Culinary Workers Union Local 226 said in a joint statement.

After his election victory, Ivanka Trump sat in on a meeting between her father and the prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe (center, next to Trump), at Trump Tower in New York

Under the agreement, the union will withdraw a series of cases filed with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board against the hotel, union spokeswoman Bethany Khan said.

Those cases had been expected to be an early test of how Trump, who as president will have influence over the NLRB, would handle concerns over conflicts of interest raised by his business holdings.

President-elect Trump's transition team is also considering the use of discretionary trusts to avoid conflicts of interest for Trump family members or administration officials.

Such an arrangement would provide individuals with an alternative to selling off assets or placing wealth in blind trusts, which president-elects traditionally do.

Trump aides have discussed the idea of discretionary trusts with the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), but it was unclear whether the set-up would be for Trump, his family or any of the wealthy individuals nominated to his Cabinet, according to Politico, which cited two unidentified sources briefed on the talks.

Politico reported on the potential use of a discretionary trust.

Among Trump's many holdings are hotels and golf resorts from Panama to Scotland, besides a winery and modeling agency