Senators Are Increasingly Concerned Carl Icahn Is Profiting off Trump Adviser Role

[babylonsister]

Thanks, Rachel. I did not know this.


http://fortune.com/2017/03/27/carl-icahn-trump-conflict-of-interest/

Senators Are ‘Increasingly Concerned’ Carl Icahn Is Profiting off Trump Adviser Role
Reuters
4:53 PM ET

Several Democratic senators pressed billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Monday to clarify his role as an adviser to President Donald Trump, saying his position in the administration raised "alarming" questions about potential conflicts of interest with his stakes in the biofuels and pharmaceutical industries.

The senators, led by Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, sent a letter to Icahn pointing out that, as a Trump adviser on regulation, he has made policy proposals that benefit his own investments - which range from an oil refinery to an nutritional supplement manufacturer.

"We write because we are increasingly concerned about the role you are playing in the Trump Administration and the possibility that you are breaking federal conflict of interest laws," the seven senators wrote in the letter, seen by Reuters.

Calls to Icahn's office and lawyer were not immediately answered.

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http://fortune.com/2017/03/27/carl-icahn-trump-conflict-of-interest/

[tanyev]

1. Well, sure. Isn't that the whole point of being a Trump adviser?

[babylonsister]

2. Of course. Pick an advisor, any advisor, and there's

something fishy about them.

I love they won't get away with it.