[…] system governing acceptance of gifts like the Qatari jet, which does not appear to have been followed in this instance. The gift may also violate the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause which prohibits a president from accepting any gift from a foreign state without the consent of Congress. Whether the memo signed by Bondi addresses these […]
Fifty of the $TRUMP memecoin dinner invitees hold crypto assets named for alt-right symbol Pepe the Frog as well as swastikas.
Congress should hold a hearing to assess Trump‘s plan to accept a $400 million jet from Qatar, which raises serious corruption and national security risks.
The second Trump admin has begun. We review some of his most notable abuses and ethical issues from his first term, what’s already been happening this term and what we’ll be tracking.
[…] together, these new companies and developments send a clear message that Trump has no interest in mitigating corruption during his second term. In fact, he’s only opened up new, more secretive avenues to accept illegal emoluments and other payments from wealthy interests. Over the next four years, we will be here tracking all of it.
The Swiss National Bank purchased nearly two million dollars of shares in President Trump’s social media company.
Trump’s foreign business entanglements threaten American democracy and the integrity of American elections.
Trump must divest in advance of his inauguration from his businesses that may pose a conflict of interest in order to avoid violating the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses, according to a letter sent today to the president-elect by CREW.
[…] guardrails of our democracy to prevent abuses of executive power and corruption in the first place by reforming emergency powers, strengthening executive branch oversight and enforcing the emoluments clauses, amongst other reforms. The time for Congress to act has come. It can and must act swiftly to limit the powers of the presidency and […]
Just months after Trump took office, a $20 million loan balance to a South Korean company that was controlled by the state-owned Korea Development Bank appears to have dropped by $15.5 million. The timing and available information raises questions about whether Trump got more than $15 million in debt relief from a longtime partner […]
Throughout Donald Trump’s time in the White House, he likely benefited from $13.6 million in payments from foreign governments.
Donald Trump will once again violate the Constitution’s Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses if he serves a second term as president of the United States and fails to divest from his businesses.
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