In honor of Trump's third August sojourn at the private, luxury golf club he still profits from as president, we tallied up the more than 2,300 conflicts of interest he has accumulated during his two and half years in office and put them in a report
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Trump came into office saying he would "drain the swamp" and put an end to Washington corruption. What he's done instead is put industry lobbyists in positions of power while allowing his businesses to become vehicles through which to buy access to him and his administration
He and top officials in his administration routinely visit and attend events at his properties, drawing wealthy donors, foreign government officials, and industry officials in to get facetime with powerful people, while also putting money in the president's pocket.
President Trump has spent time at his properties on about a third of the days he's been in office, and the two other administration officials with the most trips to Trump properties are his family, Jared and Ivanka
(Ivanka has an ownership interest in the Trump D.C. hotel)
One-hundred eleven officials from 65 foreign governments have made 137 visits to a Trump property. Meanwhile, foreign governments and foreign government-linked organizations have hosted 12 events at Trump properties since Trump took office.
These events have been attended by at least 19 Trump administration officials, all of which raises questions about how much foreign money President Trump is potentially personally benefiting from and what the host governments are receiving in return.
And 101 members of Congress—all of whom have a constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the president, including his potential conflicts of interest—have spent campaign funds at Trump properties since he took office. Still more, at least five have hosted events at one.
Far from holding Trump accountable for unprecedented conflicts of interest, his Republican allies have embraced it. The resulting spending from their campaigns, party committees and allied groups has bolstered the $6 million political groups have poured into his properties
A CREW report earlier this year found that spending by political groups at the hotel in 2018 accounted for more than three percent of the hotel’s revenue that year, to say nothing of the money wealthy donors spend at the hotel while attending these events citizensforethics.org/political-spen…
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