Chaffetz Says He Wants To Review Trump's DC Hotel Lease
Source: Talking Points Memo
By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published JANUARY 26, 2017, 6:55 AM EDT
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the chair of the House Oversight Committee, told reporters on Wednesday that he is looking into the lease for President Donald Trump's Washington, D.C., hotel.
"I did request from the (General Services Administration) the full unredacted contract, Chaffetz told reporters, according to [link:http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/jason-chaffetz-trump-hotel-234190Politico]. Itll be interesting to see what they produce and what their take on it is.
Democratic [link:http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house-senate-democrats-push-general-services-administration-address-trump-hotel-contractlawmakers] and [link:https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-international-hotel-violate-terms-lease-governmentethics experts] say that Trump has violated his lease for the hotel. Trump leases the building from the federal government, and his lease states that an elected official cannot be involved in or benefit from the hotel, creating a conflict of interest for the new president.
Chaffetz told reporters he asked for the unredacted lease in December and that he still has not received it, according to Politico.
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IronLionZion
(45,532 posts)Perp walk him out in handcuffs and make him share a cell with the anarchists
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Not.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)wants to lower the lease.
Turbineguy
(37,368 posts)will find nothing wrong.
Always make sure the people who investigate you are your friends.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)2naSalit
(86,791 posts)this morning's rumblings of discontent about the cheato have become louder (if true) and preparations are now being made to kick his orange ass to the curb asap. Then there will be a reason for idiot to actually pretend, publicly, to be concerned so evidence can be used in a case against the cheato.
IronLionZion
(45,532 posts)or Benghazi. Or maybe they'll find it simpler to just get rid of the law to make America more efficient with less of these job killing regulations
shraby
(21,946 posts)cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)itcfish
(1,828 posts)Show
Bayard
(22,153 posts)About the need to redact part of a lease. That's highly suspicious.
Doitnow
(1,103 posts)Well, who knows, maybe he can find some way of having dump pay for the wall with all the earnings from all the bribes he will be taking. What a laugh!!
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Txbluedog
(1,128 posts)I'm sure he'll find nothing wrong in the lease, but might find sonething in there to reopen the investigation into Hillary's emails