Meanwhile, back at the Trump ranch:
Conflict of interest red flags
Businesses registered during the campaign in Saudi Arabia
Businessmen from India meet with President-elect TrumpForeign diplomats at Trump Hotel in DC
Ivanka Trump sits in on meeting with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe
Ivanka Trump’s company hawks a bracelet after 60 minutes interviews
Trump children (who will run business) on transition team. Donald Trump Jr. reportedly is involved in Secretary of Interior selection process
Trump currently facing investigation by Department of Labor
Trump hotel lease with GSA (which he could be in violation of on day 1 of his administration.)
Trump currently under audit by IRS
Russian Foreign Minister saying they were in touch with Trump campaign
Debt with foreign banks some now facing federal fines
Ivanka Trump joined President Mauricio Macri congratulatory phone call with her father
Trump said to have told British politician Nigel Farage to oppose wind farm near his Scottish golf course (then lobbying in a tweet for Farage to become ambassador to the U.S.)
Philippines appoints man building Trump Tower (licensed under the Trump name) in Manila as “special envoy.” President Duterte has said Trump expressed support for his drug war which has been criticized as an abuse of human rights.
Self-dealing (Using nonprofit to help self, business or family) reported in Trump Foundation 2015 Tax return posted on Guidestar.
Turkish newspapers reporting that Trump praised his Turkish business partner in a call with Turkish President Erdogan. Erdogan hasreportedly arrested a businessman from Dogan, the company which works with Trump to possibly have leverage for the return of Gulen to Turkey.
Trump Foundation received $150,000 from a Ukrainian oligarch for a video speech Trump made in September 2015
Trump’s stock in oil pipeline company
Long-stalled Trump Tower project in resort town in former Soviet republic of Georgia moves forward
Bahrain to hold major event at Trump’s D.C. hotel
Trump Hotel Rio de Janeiro involved in a criminal investigation in Brazil. (The Trump Organization announced it will pull the name off the hotel and will not operate it.)
Trademarks registered around the world
His stock portfolio (which reportedly includes shares in banks, pharma, and oil). The transition has stated the portfolio (which according to a Mayfinancial disclosure also includes Boeing) was sold in June, but has not presented evidence of that move.
Trump named properties could present global security risk (per former White House ethics lawyer)
Holds United Technologies Corp bonds (parent company of Carrier).
Ladder Capital, which owns at least $282 million in Trump debt, may beup for sale.
Trump has telephone call with Taiwan president where the Trump Organization reportedly is looking at building hotels. (“Beijing... regards the island as a renegade province.”)
NBC reportedly has ordered episodes of “The New Apprentice.” Variety reports Trump will retain his Executive Producer title for the show.
National Labor Relations Board
Sold tickets to Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party
2 Indonesian resort projects with billionaire Hary Tanoesoedibjo as Trump’s local partner. Eric Lipton reported a potential conflict: Tanoesoedibjo “ran for vice president of Indonesia in 2014 and is organizing a political party for another possible run at national office in 2019.”
More than 150 financial institutions hold debts connected to the President-elect, according to a Wall Street Journal analysisChaffetz: Putin is giving me more ideas about how to Indict Hillary. It helps when someone outside is listening to every conversation of our enemy.
That’s why Chaffetz is still pursuing — more deflection: Faux News can keep avoiding reporting on graft and corruption in the Orange Menace Admin by keeping HRC’s emails alive and well.
Isn’t Chaffetz the guy with his private gmail account printed on his official House business card?
It’s not as if “faux news” will be reporting the conflicts anyway, or the Trump base cares.
No excuses are really needed.
ten more days…
Lovely. The man’s continuing a pointless witch hunt because it would look even worse if he stopped. If George Washington could come back he’d grab this punk by the collar and bang his head against the wall.
"My concern is that there is compliance with the law. I will tell you the president is exempt from a lot of these. I didn’t write these laws but that’s the reality of it," he said, according to NBC News.
I wonder if he’s always felt that way…
He added that “maybe some of that should be tightened up but it’s not something I dove into,” per NBC.
Ten more days…
In ten days, Trump will officially be on the clock and by default, so will he.
Doesn’t he want to bring up Benghazi, too?
Frankly, this is perfectly understandable. Not like there’s going to be anything for his committee to do in the incoming administration.
Pace yourself, Jason. If you have any scruples you’ll need to allocate most of your time to investigating the incoming administration.
In a year, the name “Trump” will be a sacred as the flag.
I disagree. There will be severe backlash, and the GOP in 2018 will be afraid of its jobs.
I’ve said all along that Trump will have Hillary indicted and the resulting show trial would make Stalin proud.
This is MORE proof that there is NO difference between the Republican Party and the Soviet Communist Party.
…his pained expression makes one wonder where he’s been storing that probe…
Ever since 11/9, his surrogates and the modern day GOP have been doing their damnedest to protect Trump from the watchdog groups.
That’s why I’m just going to watch two important days: this upcoming Wednesday and January 20th. If Trump reiterates tomorrow that he is exempt from that clause…well then.
After that, the 20th.
Trump will officially be on the clock (weekends don’t count) and it will be very interesting to see what the new ‘defensive line’ is then.
No it won’t. Not with the Republican Bullshit Machine going full speed 24/7. In fact I would not be surprised to see the GOP get to 60 Senators in 2018 thanks to a National Voter ID law and implementation of Kobach’s Crosscheck nationwide to throw millions of Democrats off of the voting rolls.
If they go after Hillary now, in any real trial, with all the recent twists and turns uncovered, BOTH Trump and Putin could conceivably be required to testify under oath, her defense attorneys would certainly be able to find a pertinent link to justify it…
True.