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

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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 […]

NYT: Republicans, Facing Pressure, Delay Hearings for 4 Trump Cabinet Nominees

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NYT: Republicans, Facing Pressure, Delay Hearings for 4 Trump Cabinet Nominees

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and STEVE EDER JAN. 10, 2017 WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, under increasing pressure to ensure that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nominees are fully vetted by federal authorities, have delayed the hearings of four potential cabinet members, three of whom have not been cleared by the agency charged with unraveling potential conflicts of interest. […]