CREW STATEMENT: TRUMP NOW VIOLATING CONSTITUTION
Washington, DC—As Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Executive Director Noah Bookbinder released the following statement:
“Now that he has taken the oath of office, President Trump stands in violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause. He just swore on the Bible to ‘preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,’ but by continuing to accept payments from foreign governments, he has already failed. We do not yet know just to what extent this violation goes—because he is the first person elected to the presidency in decades to fail to clear the ethical bar of Richard Nixon and release his tax returns, much of his foreign business has remained secret. But we do know that there must be accountability for anyone, including the president, for violating the Constitution.”
In addition, after taking the oath of office, President Trump appears to be in violation of his lease on the Old Post Office—site of the Trump International Hotel, according to a complaint CREW filed today with the General Services Administration (GSA). The lease bars elected government officials from receiving “any share or part of [the Lease], or to any benefit that may arise therefrom.” Trump owns more than three-quarters of Trump Old Post Office LLC, which holds the lease.
“The lease bans elected officials from benefitting to avoid conflicts of interest with their duties,” Bookbinder said. “We know Trump likes to renegotiate contracts for better deals. If that happened here, it will be the President negotiating against the government he leads. His best interests are not the same as those of the American tax payer.”
Read more: http://www.citizensforethics.org/press-release/trump-now-violating-constitution/
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Orange one will probably ask the IRS to audit all signers' tax returns, but what the hell! The IRS doesn't have enough employees to audit all his "enemies."
