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Re: TRUMPs' Crumbling Empire-Pocketed Mils of Foreign Govts US$ to Pay His $400 Mil D
Revelations TRUMP Pocketed Millions of Dollars in Foreign Emoluments
TRUMP Received Millions from Foreign Governments, Hid Debts & Losses
BBC 14 AUG 2023
Democratic lawmakers have been targeting former President Donald Trump‘s business activities during his tenure in the top office.
What Happened:
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), during an interview on ABC revealed plans for a report on the millions of dollars from foreign governments that went into Trump’s businesses, including hotels and golf courses, during his presidency.
“We’re going to release a report about all of the foreign government emoluments — millions of dollars — we can document that Donald Trump pocketed at the hotels, at the golf courses [and] business deals when he was president and that his family got,” Raskin said.
“During the Trump administration, we saw the development of a completely new public philosophy, which is that government is not an instrument of the common good in the public interest,” he added.
Why It Matters:
Although the focus of numerous news stories during the Trump administration, the former president’s business interactions with foreign nations had no legal repercussions. In 2021, the Supreme Court dismissed lawsuits that alleged the president had accepted unlawful payments, deeming them irrelevant due to his departure from office.
However, Raskin criticized Republicans, including Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer, for displaying a double standard by investigating the Bidens while overlooking inquiries into Trump and his family.
“We have said, let the justice system run its course. They’re not saying that about Donald Trump,” Raskin said.
Meanwhile, this came after Comer had accused Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, of ethical breaches over a Saudi investment deal. “I’ve been vocal that I think that what Kushner did crossed the line of ethics,” Comer said.
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