BY CLARK SPENCER FEBRUARY 15, 2017 6:17 PM When he’s not running his baseball team, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria typically spends part of his summers visiting Europe in search of art. Loria could be spending a lot more time there if he ends up getting a coveted diplomatic job as U.S. ambassador to France. CLICK IMAGE […]
Herb Jackson, The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record Published 1:44 p.m. ET Feb. 11, 2017 A New Jersey congressman says a rarely invoked 1924 law could be used to examine President Donald Trump’s tax returns for possible conflicts of interest and Constitutional violations. CLICK IMAGES FOR LINK TO STORY Rep. Bill Pascrell, a Democrat who serves on […]
Democrats have condemned President Donald Trump’s tweet attacking a clothing retailer after it dropped a fashion line owned by his daughter. Mr Trump tweeted that “Ivanka has been treated so unfairly” by clothing retailer Nordstrom. A Democratic senator called the post “inappropriate” and an ex-White House ethics tsar dubbed it “outrageous”. Earlier this month Nordstrom […]
By SUSANNE CRAIG and ERIC LIPTON FEB. 3, 2017 Just days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald J. Trump stood beside his tax lawyer at a Midtown Manhattan news conference as she announced that he planned to place his vast business holdings in a trust, a move she said would allay fears that he might exploit the Oval Office for personal gain. […]
By Amy Brittain and Drew Harwell February 3 When the president-elect’s son Eric Trump jetted to Uruguay in early January for a Trump Organization promotional trip, U.S. taxpayers were left footing a bill of nearly $100,000 in hotel rooms for Secret Service and embassy staff. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to story. It was a high-profile jaunt out of […]
Peter Overby January 25, 20176:48 PM ET Nobody in Washington ever went wrong by hiring more lawyers, and now President Trump and the Trump Organization are beefing up their legal teams against an expected surge of conflict-of-interest allegations. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that four lawyers are joining the office of White House General Counsel […]
Paul Blumenthal 01/20/2017 12:54 pm ET CLICK IMAGE for direct link to story: WASHINGTON ― Moments before Donald Trump took the oath of office to become the 45th president of the United States, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a massive Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to his multi-billion dollar business and conflicts of interest. The civil […]
By KAREN YOURISH, TROY GRIGGS and LARRY BUCHANAN JAN. 20, 2017 CLICK IMAGE for link to graphic @NYT.com/interactive
BY MEGAN R. WILSON – 01/20/17 01:22 PM EST President Trump’s hotel in Washington is in violation of its lease with the government and could also run afoul of a Constitutional clause meant to thwart foreign influence in politics, according to a watchdog group. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter about […]
By Maggie Severns and Isaac Arnsdorf 01/18/17 05:07 AM EST The transition made a big show of sidelining lobbyists, but they found ways to stay involved anyway. Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s much-publicized efforts to keep lobbyists out of his administration, they have continued to offer policy advice, recommend job candidates and contribute money to his transition […]
