State Dept allowed 7 Foreign Governments to Rent in Trump NY Tower withOut Congress approval....

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Trumps stinking swamp gets stinkier each day






EXCLUSIVE: State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent condominiums in New York’s Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress, a potential violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause

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May 2, 2019 / 5:09 AM / Updated 9 hours ago



Exclusive: Foreign government leases at Trump World Tower stir more emoluments concerns
Julia Harte

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department allowed seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York’s Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress, according to documents and people familiar with the leases, in what some experts say could be a potential violation of the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clause.

The 90-story Manhattan building, part of the real estate empire of Donald Trump, had housed diplomats and foreign officials before the property developer became president. But now that he is in the White House, such transactions must be approved by federal lawmakers, some legal experts say. The emoluments clause bans U.S. officials from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments without congressional consent.

The rental transactions, dating from the early months of Trump’s presidency and first disclosed by Reuters, could add to mounting scrutiny of his business dealings with foreign governments, which are now the subject of multiple lawsuits.

Congressional staffers confirmed to Reuters that the Trump World Tower lease requests were never submitted to Congress. Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said his committee has been “stonewalled” in its efforts to obtain detailed information about foreign government payments to Trump’s businesses.

“This new information raises serious questions about the President and his businesses’ potential receipt of payments from foreign governments,” Cummings said in a statement to Reuters. “The American public deserves full transparency.” .................................................

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1. Kings can do whatever they want.

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2. Benedict Donald Trump has the constitution on a toilet paper roll in his bathroom.

[lark]

3. drump has corrupted the entire government apparatus in 2 years.

That's why he won't fill jobs, too hard to find totally corrupt asses who care nothing for the law or morals or ethics or America - only people loyal personally to him and perhaps Russia or PUtin are allowed to be put in high places.

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6. Aided and abetted at every step of the way

by complicit Congressional Republicans, either standing by silently, looking the other way, or actively supporting the corruption and destruction of our Democracy, Government, Rule of Law and Constitution.

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4. K&R

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5. Madness

Get thee to the greatest page

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7. Lawless. From top to bottom.

Why would the state department allow this?

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8. Trump's Lincoln room.