Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington has found over 2,300 conflicts of interest resulting from Trump's decision not to divest ownership of his global business empire.
President Donald Trump has spent nearly a third of his presidency visiting his business properties at taxpayer expense, according to a new report by the government watchdog group Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington.
"This corrupt relationship between the Trump Organization and the White House leaves the American public in the dark about whether presidential decisions and policy are being made in the best interest of the country or in the best interest of the president's own bottom line," Noah Bookbinder, CREW's executive director, toldAccording to the watchdog, Trump has visited his properties 362 times at taxpayer expense since his inauguration in 2017.
"Not only has President Trump continued to use the presidency to try to enrich himself, he has also granted foreign governments and special interests the opportunity to purchase access to his administration by patronizing his businesses," Bookbinder said. Trump has faced multiple accusations of violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution for mixing official duties with the Trump Organization.report found that his private businesses received $1.6 million from Republicans and various federal agencies. Thesurmised that the amount of money Trump has made due to visiting and campaigning at his business properties is likely much more than $1.6 million. But official government spending records are only available through the first half of 2017.
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