Politico: Trump pays out $25 million to settle Trump University litigation

Politico: Trump pays out $25 million to settle Trump University litigation

By JOSH GERSTEIN 01/18/17 03:34 PM EST Days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take the oath to uphold the Constitution, he has followed through on a more painful obligation: coughing up $25 million to settle litigation over his defunct Trump University real estate seminar program. Trump University — now known as the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative […]

NY Daily News: Contrary to Donald Trump’s belief, 74% of Americans want to see his tax returns, according to poll

NY Daily News: Contrary to Donald Trump’s belief, 74% of Americans want to see his tax returns, according to poll

Chris Sommerfeldt January 17, 2017 12:16 AM  Donald Trump claimed during his first press conference as President-elect last week that “only reporters” care about seeing his tax returns — but a new poll suggests that nearly three quarters of the country believe that he should release them. Seventy-four per cent of Americans agree that Trump […]

NYT: Trump’s Role in Son’s Failed Deal May Yield First Test for a State Regulator. Rachel Maddow: Trump tries to stick SC taxpayers with bill for Trump Jr’s mess

NYT: Trump’s Role in Son’s Failed Deal May Yield First Test for a State Regulator. Rachel Maddow: Trump tries to stick SC taxpayers with bill for Trump Jr’s mess

THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 1/13/17 CLICK IMAGES for stories. Trump tries to stick SC taxpayers with bill for Trump Jr’s mess Rachel Maddow reports on how Donald Trump bought his son’s failed business to shield him from having to clean up possible pollution at the business site, sticking South Carolina taxpayers with the bill if […]

NYT: G.O.P. Lawmaker Hints at Investigating Ethics Chief Critical of Trump

NYT: G.O.P. Lawmaker Hints at Investigating Ethics Chief Critical of Trump

By STEVE EDER and ERIC LIPTON JAN. 13, 2017 The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday issued a stern letter, including a veiled threat of an investigation, to the federal government’s top ethics monitor, who this week had questioned President-elect Donald J. Trump’s commitment to confront his potential conflicts of interest. In an […]

NYT: The Other Kushner Brother’s Big Bet

NYT: The Other Kushner Brother’s Big Bet

By KATIE BENNER JAN. 13, 2017 Just days after the 2016 presidential election, a young venture capitalist called an emergency staff meeting. Prepare for a storm of publicity, he told one of the start-ups that he had helped found. There would be questions about his political affiliations and loyalties, he said. There would be questions about the […]

Wired: Trump’s Plan to Avoid Conflicts of Interest Won’t Avoid a Thing

Wired: Trump’s Plan to Avoid Conflicts of Interest Won’t Avoid a Thing

EMMA GREY ELLIS BUSINESS DATE OF PUBLICATION: 01.11.17. 7:09 PM.  PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP campaigned on his business acumen. His image as a hyper-successful, tough-talking real estate mogul is crucial to his appeal—whether it’s true or not. Still, concerns that Trump’s sprawling network of business entanglements creates an equally expansive web of conflicts of interest have dogged […]

The Atlantic: Donald Trump’s Conflicts of Interest: A Crib Sheet

The Atlantic: Donald Trump’s Conflicts of Interest: A Crib Sheet

Jeremy Venook Jan 5, 2017. A semi-comprehensive list of the business concerns that may influence the president-elect as he prepares for the nation’s highest office.  Since his election, an ever-increasing level of attention has been paid to the unprecedented conflicts of interest that President-elect Donald J. Trump seems likely to bring with him when he assumes […]

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