Next up: Can a sitting president run a casino on the side?

[cheyanne]

Does anyone know what the options are for avoiding conflicts of interest, corruption?

[Fairgo]

1. Good question

One day Jimmy "The Nose" shows up at the White House, "Nice government you have here... it'd be a shame if anything happen to it...."

[tanyev]

2. I've tossed out a version of that question several times. No answers.

Even if he turns all business operations over to his kids, you can bet he would still be heavily involved.

[Sherman A1]

3. I know of no Constitutional

Requirement that a sitting President set aside other activities.

[Brother Buzz]

4. I thought Trump no longer owns interest in any casino....

and that he sold out before things went south in the gaming industry, leaving the suckers holding a mountain of debt.

[cheyanne]

5. Can he license "President Trump" for his steaks?

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Nixon said things are not illegal

when the president does them. That has never really been challenged.

[lpbk2713]

7. Cheney made a fortune off of Halliburton's bogus emergency no-bid contracts.

And that bogus fuggen war. Trump could pull a few strings and shuffle some papers and all would look fine. But this would be assuming he won the election. Which IMO is an absurdity.

[FSogol]

8. A caretaker would be assigned to take over Trump's businesses and his

investments would be put in a blind trust. He's not the first businessman to run for President.

Of course, it will never come to that. Massive turnout will sweep us Democrats into power in both the WH and Congress.

[dumbcat]

11. Where is that requirement in the Constitution

or the US Code? What is the punishment proscribed in the US Code for violation?

A caretaker would be assigned to take over Trump's businesses and his investments would be put in a blind trust.

[FSogol]

12. What happens to businesses when someone becomes a Federal Judge or US Senator.

Exactly what I described.

[dumbcat]

13. Must I repeat my question?

Or are you capable of understanding it if you look at it again?

[FSogol]

14. Do you think ever single law in the US is specified in the Constituiton?

Try googling "blind trust" and save your crappy snark. I've never met a DUer with a more appropriate user name.

[dumbcat]

16. I'll try one more time

Every single Federal Law is in the Constitution or The U.S. CODE.

Please cite the Section that requires ... "A caretaker would be assigned to take over Trump's businesses and his investments would be put in a blind trust."

I'll even accept a cite from some other authoritative document that requires such a process for the President if you can find one.

Last chance, link or slink.

P.S. - My, my, ..

I've never met a DUer with a more appropriate user name.

That comes close to name calling and a personal attack. Must be gettin' to ya, huh?

[FSogol]

17. Getting to me? I'm laughing at you. You are angrily demanding that anonymous

ole FSogol google stuff for you. Google it yourself.

[dumbcat]

18. OK

Slink away, dude. You're the one that made the assertion, it would be up to you to defend it.

Laugh away, we all see what happened. Bye.

[cheyanne]

19. Interesting note: Supreme Court justices do not have to follow those rules,

though the rest of the judiciary does. There were a couple of instances last year of justices unaware that they owned stock when hearing a case.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/conflict-interest-supreme-court-justices-stocks/

[roamer65]

9. Biffco.

It will be as if Biff Tannen was president.

[Paladin]

10. I can't see Trump putting his business interests into some sort of trust.

Ultimately, I hope it's nothing more than speculation, and that the Smart People prevail over the Stupid People in the election, keeping Trump away from the White House.

[whistler162]

15. Carl Icahn's running for President?

"The company exited bankruptcy in February 2016 and became a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Entertainment_Resorts

Better question is can we trust a man who's company has gone bankrupt 4 times to run the government. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-filed-bankruptcy-times/story?id=13419250

Harry Truman went bankrupt only once.

[joeybee12]

20. Unless he has a stake in NJ, he has no casinos anymore

Can't have any because of the bankruptcies.

[Octafish]

21. They do now.

Got bonuses after looting $16 trillion. And never went to jail.



Laugh it up as their own net worths go up millions, if not billions, a day.



And the house always win, meaning the US taxpayer always loses, right Mr. Dimon?

[pnwmom]

22. He says he'd turn the businesses over to his children. But how he'd avoid conflict of interest

is a mystery to me.

[TeamPooka]

23. Trump has stated no blind trust and his kids can run the company while he's Prez

That way they can take advantage of all the inside info he gives them.
Okay he only implied that last part

[RB TexLa]

24. Why couldn't they?