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The Trump family's conflicts get even more outrageous and Republicans pretend to not notice
http://www.salon.com/2016/12/06/as-the-trump-familys-conflicts-get-more-outrageous-republicans-simply-dont-care/Tuesday, Dec 6, 2016 1:10 PM UTC
The Trump family’s conflicts get even more outrageous — and Republicans pretend to not notice
A "walking, talking violation of the Constitution" prepares to take office — and the GOP bets we don't care
Heather Digby Parton
If anyone expected that all the belated attention to Donald Trump’s overwhelming number of potential conflicts of interest would result in some soul-searching about his assurances that he “couldn’t care less” about his business and that his kids will run its day-to-day affairs in a “blind trust,” their hopes have been dashed so far.
Trump says he will announce some kind of arrangement on Dec. 15, which most people expect to be the official handing over of the reins of his company to his three oldest children, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric. This will not be sufficient — not even close.
Law professor Laurence Tribe appeared on MSNBC over the past weekend and gave a clear explanation of why Trump is in violation of the Constitution:
It’s called the emoluments clause, and it basically says no officer of the United States can be on the receiving end of any kind of benefit, economic benefit, payment, gift, profit, whatever, from a foreign government or its corporations or agents. . . . In this case Donald Jr. or Ivanka or Eric — then there would be a close relationship that could never be disentangled by the American public.
He’s a constant emolument magnet. He thinks of himself as a babe magnet, but he’s an emoluments magnet. And all around the world everybody wants to go to his hotels and not the competitors, and wants to give him a variance or a special land use permit and there’s simply no way short of absolutely liquidating all of his cash and assets into a blind trust and not handed over to his kids. No way short of that prevents him from being a walking, talking violation of the Constitution from the moment he takes the oath.
He’s a constant emolument magnet. He thinks of himself as a babe magnet, but he’s an emoluments magnet. And all around the world everybody wants to go to his hotels and not the competitors, and wants to give him a variance or a special land use permit and there’s simply no way short of absolutely liquidating all of his cash and assets into a blind trust and not handed over to his kids. No way short of that prevents him from being a walking, talking violation of the Constitution from the moment he takes the oath.
Actually, it’s a little late for that. Imagine Trump trying to sell his business while he’s acting as president. It would make the current freak show look like a church service. He should have done it before he ever ran for office.
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http://www.salon.com/2016/12/06/as-the-trump-familys-conflicts-get-more-outrageous-republicans-simply-dont-care/
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hope I'm around to see it, zippythepinhead.
Republican's hair was on fire about the Clinton Foundation. Friggin hypocrites!
For all the good it does. 
