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Trump's Vast Web of Conflicts: A User's Guide
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Trump's Vast Web of Conflicts: A User's Guide
An agency-by-agency look at the ethics challenges
flowing from Trump's sprawling business empire.
By DARREN SAMUELSOHN
11/16/16 05:08 AM EST
Politico
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/
donald-trump-ethics-conflicts-231454
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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Donald Trumps new hires should brace themselves for a full immersion in
government ethics school.
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Theyre going to need it given the president-elects sprawling business
empire and his lack of interest in selling off his companies and
properties outright.
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The Republicans appointees will be running departments and agencies with
direct ties to their boss businesses and wider political interests, from
an IRS audit into his tax records to National Labor Relations Board
enforcement of cases involving his hotel workers to the FBIs investigation
into the suspected Russian cyberespionage aimed at influencing an election
that Trump just won.
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Unlike past presidents who took office with considerable wealth, from
George H.W. Bush to John F. Kennedy, the setup Trump is creating for his
financial assets leaving his three oldest adult children and a team of
highly skilled executives in charge while hes in the Oval Office appears
likely to expose large numbers of people the president hires to an
unprecedented set of conflicts spanning his entire federal government.
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Asked for comment about the incoming GOP administrations potential
conflicts, spokeswoman Hope Hicks pointed to a prior Trump Organization
statement about the planned transfer of power to Trumps kids that vaguely
explained how the final structure will comply with all applicable rules
and regulations.
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Foreign affairs: Trump has significant business interests in at least a
dozen countries, though the full extent of his operations is unknown, in
part because he has refused to release his tax returns.
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Banking: Trumps vast real estate holdings are propped up by millions of
dollars in debt held by the worlds largest banks, including Deutsche Bank,
Goldman Sachs and the Bank of China.
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Law enforcement: Trumps Justice Department will be at the epicenter for
politically tinged ethical questions, no matter how much its leaders try
to stay above the fray.
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The FBI, which dropped a pre-election bombshell regarding its
investigation into Hillary Clintons email server, is still examining
Russias suspected cyberespionage around the presidential race. On top of
that, current and former DOJ, FBI and intelligence sources told POLITICO
last month that federal law enforcement was looking into the connections
between Russia, the release by WikiLeaks of Clinton campaign chairman John
Podestas stolen emails, and questionable moves by several operatives who
worked for and around the Trump campaign.
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Trump will get to put his biggest imprint on DOJ through his nomination of
a new attorney general. Hell also have a big say in the direction of the
FBI depending on whether he keeps Director James Comey around. Regardless
of who he picks for those leadership slots, Eisen said, the DOJ leaders
will be dealing with conflict of interest challenges if theyre made to
pursue a political agenda in following through on the Republicans campaign
promise to prosecute Clinton over her use of a private email server, as
well as in how theyd handle evidence if law enforcement went down any
paths that werent favorable to Trump.
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The Trump Justice Department also will be dealing with the interpretation
of laws against racial and gender discrimination that could influence a
variety of lawsuits facing the presidents businesses, as well as future
cases.
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Trumps tax returns: Throughout the presidential campaign, Trump fended off
demands to see his tax returns because hes under an IRS audit. He repeated
the claim in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS "60 Minutes," calling
it a routine matter that he reasoned the public wasnt concerned about
given his victory at the ballot box. At the appropriate time, I will
release them, Trump said.
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But as a practical matter, that IRS audit is being done by a Treasury
Department that will soon have at its helm a Trump appointee. Legally, the
audit wont change now that Trump is president-elect. But former government
officials explained that it will be reviewed at a higher level and any
adjustment will be triple-checked.
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Trumps taxes could dog him throughout his presidency should he continue to
resist making his returns public.
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Trumps D.C. hotel: Trumps transition team is already dealing with a major
conflict over the luxury hotel the president-elects company just opened in
the historic Old Post Office Pavilion a few blocks from the White House.
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At issue is a 60-year lease the General Services Administration entered
into in 2013 with the Trump Organization, long before its CEO was a
presidential candidate.
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Trumps employees: Trumps business practices are also front and center with
the NLRB, an independent agency charged with enforcing national labor law.
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There are at least nine pending charges before the board involving Trumps
presidential campaign and his Las Vegas hotel. The president-elects most
recent encounter, coming right before the election, involved a ruling
against the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, co-owned by the
president-elect with casino magnate Phil Ruffin, that determined the
business violated the law by refusing to bargain with a union representing
more than 500 housekeeping, food and beverage and guest workers.
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Pipelines and permits: Trump ran for president vowing to eliminate
regulatory red tape, and one of the early items on the GOP-led Congress
to-do list includes rolling back a range of Obama administration
environmental rules.
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That should all sound good to business ventures connected to Trump, a
longtime property developer who hasnt shied away from battling green
groups and local community activists in the past over environmental
permits.
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Theres actually one big project on the drawing board thatll probably be
waiting for Trump, the controversial Dakota Access pipeline. On Monday,
amid nationwide protests, the Army Corps of Engineers put construction of
the $3.7 billion energy project on hold, a move that could punt the matter
to the incoming administration.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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