Trump "has not changed the fundamental economic relationship he has with the Trump Organization"

WASHINGTON — The Trump-branded hotel blocks from the White House has quickly generated almost $20 million of income for the Trump Organization while Mar-a-Lago, the private club used as a "Southern White House," has seen profits climb nearly 25 percent — figures that are sure to fuel ethics advocates' charges that Donald Trump is profiting off the presidency.

In Friday's financial disclosure report, which reflects business during the 2016 calendar year, the Trump Old Post Office LLC cited hotel-related revenue in reporting income of $19.6 million. The hotel has been open just a few months, and in his 2016 financial-disclosure report Trump had simply offered a range between $100,000 and $1 million.

Richard Painter, the chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007, saw the Friday disclosure as a missed opportunity.

"Bottom line ... he has not changed the fundamental economic relationship he has with the Trump Organization," said Painter, now a law professor at the University of Minnesota.

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