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Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 07:05 PM Dec 2016

Tracking Trump's Conflicts of Interest (Sunlight Foundation)

https://sunlightfoundation.com/tracking-trumps-conflicts-of-interest/

The linked article contains this list with links out to the relevant source.
Conflict of interest red flags

Businesses registered during the campaign in Saudi Arabia
Businessmen from India meet with President-elect Trump
Foreign 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 has reportedly 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 May financial 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 be up 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

Areas of potential conflicts needing more reporting

Reports from Argentina newspaper La Nacion Trump asked President Mauricio Macri about a building project there.
Jared Kushner rumored to join the White House
Trump team denies they asked for security clearance for Trump children

Settled potential conflicts

Removed lobbyists from transition team
$25 million settlement of Trump University fraud case
Trump Organization to go before planning board in Ireland over seawall for Trump International Golf Links. (Organization reportedly dropped seawall from plans.)
Eric Trump to stop soliciting money for charity
Trump Organization announced accords with unions at two hotels
Quits hotel project in Brazil named in criminal inquiry
Charity auction to have coffee with Ivanka Trump closed
Fundraiser for post-inauguration meeting with President and hunting trip cancelled

Other swampy behavior

Huge perks for inauguration donors


Trump’s conflicts of interest explained by White House ethics lawyers Norm Eisen and Richard Painter.
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Tracking Trump's Conflicts of Interest (Sunlight Foundation) (Original Post) Snarkoleptic Dec 2016 OP
YES....glad to see this. It will take a foundation to be able to track them all! KewlKat Dec 2016 #1
So many entanglements, that it seems impossible to unwind. Snarkoleptic Dec 2016 #2
If a blind trust is established, will they be required to report the jaw dropping fraud they world wide wally Dec 2016 #3

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
1. YES....glad to see this. It will take a foundation to be able to track them all!
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 07:07 PM
Dec 2016

get the impeachment docs ready!!! We need the psycho as far away from the nuke buttons as possible and quickly.

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
2. So many entanglements, that it seems impossible to unwind.
Fri Dec 23, 2016, 07:09 PM
Dec 2016

The solution is set up a blind trust with an independent trustee.
Anything short of this puts him in violation of the Constitution and ethics laws.

Plus Trump properties all around the world have become instant targets for anyone wishing to harm/send a message to the United States.

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