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 […]
By ERIC LIPTON and ADAM LIPTAK JAN. 22, 2017 CLICK IMAGE for direct link to the piece @NYT.com WASHINGTON — A team of prominent constitutional scholars, Supreme Court litigators and former White House ethics lawyers intends to file a lawsuit Monday morning alleging that President Trump is violating the Constitution by allowing his hotels and other business operations to […]
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 […]
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 […]
(CNN)President-elect Donald Trump said for the first time Wednesday he believes Russia was responsible for hacking ahead of the election but contemptuously rejected allegations that Moscow mounted a campaign to compromise him. In his first news conference since winning the election, a combative Trump made clear he will not mute his style when he is […]
By SUSANNE CRAIG, JO BECKER and JESSE DRUCKERJAN. 7, 2017 On the night of Nov. 16, a group of executives gathered in a private dining room of the restaurant La Chine at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The table was laden with Chinese delicacies and $2,100 bottles of Château Lafite Rothschild. At one […]
By Matt O’Brien January 3 at 12:31 PM When a billionaire does it, that means that it is not corrupt. That seems to be an animating principle of the incoming Trump administration. Although to be fair, in what amounts to a populist touch, this will probably apply to select millionaires as well. At least the […]
By LOUIS NELSON 01/03/17 07:33 AM EST President-elect Donald Trump’s promised press conference to address potential conflicts of interest between his business empire and his incoming administration is scheduled to occur in the middle of next week, a senior adviser to his transition team said Monday night. Kellyanne Conway, who took over as Trump’s campaign […]
By RICHARD C. PADDOCK and ERIC LIPTON DEC. 31, 2016 JAKARTA, Indonesia — One resort, planned as the largest in Bali, will overlook a spectacular Hindu temple. The other, in the verdant hills of West Java, will adjoin a theme park. The properties will be so luxurious, the Trump Organization says, that even an impressive five-star rating will not do […]
By Peter Lance. December 30th, 2016. HuffPost The man who’ll soon occupy the same Oval Office as the man who once insisted that, “if the President does it, that means it’s not illegal,” ended the year with a message on Twitter proving that he hasn’t changed in two years. Back then on New Year’s Eve of […]
