Trump would also choose to stay at his properties and charge the secret service to stay there. Direct funnel for foreign and government money to himself.
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It seems Trump is changing strategy to "Yeah, I did it. Who cares? What are you going to do about it?"
That puts us on Trump Denial step 5 now?
I am shocked! SHOCKED! Well, not that shocked.
They paid him in cold McDoubles, which he prefers.
Eric Trump, executive vice president of The Trump Organization, dismissed the report's finding as a "joke" and said that all the company's profits from its business with foreign governments were voluntarily donated to the United States Treasury.
That is the keyword, right? profit.. like Hollywood accounting?
Especially when you take into account that he's currently dealing with accusations of fixing his books for preferential bank and insurance treatment.
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Donald Trump admitted he did receive money from foreign governments such as China while he was president, as his business was providing a "service" for them.
Speaking at a Fox News town hall on Wednesday night, the former president defended himself from accusations made in a recent report from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee which accused him of accepting payments from foreign governments from countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar while in office.
The report accused Trump of violating the U.S. Constitution's foreign emoluments clause, which prohibits federal officials from accepting money or gifts from foreign governments without permission from Congress, after overseas officials stayed in his real estate company's hotels and apartments during his time in the White House.
The report from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, entitled White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump, said that foreign countries paid the Republican "lavishly" during his time in office all while he made "foreign policy decisions connected to their policy agendas with far-reaching ramifications" for the United States.
"By elevating his personal financial interests and the policy priorities of corrupt foreign powers over the American public interest, former President Trump violated both the clear commands of the Constitution and the careful precedent set and observed by every previous Commander-in-Chief," wrote Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Oversight committee.
Eric Trump, executive vice president of The Trump Organization, dismissed the report's finding as a "joke" and said that all the company's profits from its business with foreign governments were voluntarily donated to the United States Treasury.
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