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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal Contractor That Locks Up Immigrant Kids Scraps Holiday Bash At Trump Golf Club
[link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/caliburn-holiday-bash-trump-national-virginia_n_5ddc8b56e4b0d50f329586e3|
Caliburn opts not to pay the president for a party after CBS reveals the invitations from a company making hundreds of millions of dollars on detained children.
By Mary Papenfuss
After one of the invitations was obtained and revealed by CBS, Caliburn issued a mass email to workers changing the venue.
Our team leaders have made the decision to change the venue so that our employee holiday event is focused on the spirit of compassion and thankfulness to our employees who work every day supporting missions of humanitarian service, national security, and medical care around the world, the company said in a later email to CBS.
A federal contractor paying for a party at a property owned by a current U.S. president appears to be unprecedented. American presidents typically divest from their businesses before taking office to avoid conflicts of interest.
Its hard to overstate how problematic it is for a company with billions in government contracts to be paying the president directly, tweeted Noah Bookbinder, executive director of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
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Caliburn opts not to pay the president for a party after CBS reveals the invitations from a company making hundreds of millions of dollars on detained children.
By Mary Papenfuss
After one of the invitations was obtained and revealed by CBS, Caliburn issued a mass email to workers changing the venue.
Our team leaders have made the decision to change the venue so that our employee holiday event is focused on the spirit of compassion and thankfulness to our employees who work every day supporting missions of humanitarian service, national security, and medical care around the world, the company said in a later email to CBS.
A federal contractor paying for a party at a property owned by a current U.S. president appears to be unprecedented. American presidents typically divest from their businesses before taking office to avoid conflicts of interest.
Its hard to overstate how problematic it is for a company with billions in government contracts to be paying the president directly, tweeted Noah Bookbinder, executive director of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
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Federal Contractor That Locks Up Immigrant Kids Scraps Holiday Bash At Trump Golf Club (Original Post)
JoeOtterbein
Nov 2019
OP
They can just do the same thing but after he's gone. Trump WILL have his reward.
NCLefty
Nov 2019
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Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)1. corrupt
diva77
(7,606 posts)2. Stinks of a quid pro quo for the company to book their party at dump's club
initially. I hope there will be an investigation.
Initech
(99,915 posts)3. Follow the money.
RainCaster
(10,691 posts)4. What other Trump dump got the business?
Or is this now a potluck?
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)5. They can just do the same thing but after he's gone. Trump WILL have his reward.
Mc Mike
(9,107 posts)6. Got caught bribing shitler, eh, nazis?