Donald Trumps swimming in the swamp: Dont expect Republicans to investigate his conflicts...
Donald Trumps swimming in the swamp: Dont expect Republicans to investigate his conflicts of interest
The press? Weak. Democrats? Ineffective. There's one group the GOP that can check Trump, and they likely won't
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON
Kellyanne Conway says shes confident Trump isnt doing anything illegal with his businesses because he has lawyers and advisers. pic.twitter.com/Y9uDLiCJ2y
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Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) November 21, 2016
That tweet from Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway came in response to questions from the press about all of Trumps ethical violations since the election.
I wrote about a few of them on Monday, but since then
it has been reported that Trump had asked about some permitting issues for a Trump project during a call with the president of Argentina (an issue Kurt Eichenwald
raised in his investigation of Trumps conflicts of interest back in September). The Argentine presidents office said the request didnt happen, but the journalists who reported it are credible and
it has since been revealed that Ivanka Trump was on the call, so it was a breach of normal protocol regardless.
Last night
the New York Times reported that when Trump met with British politician Nigel Farage he asked for help in opposing wind farms that ruin the view from Trumps Scottish golf courses. Andy Wigmore, an anti-Brexit media consultant who was present, said they are happy to oblige:
Mr. Wigmore headed communications for Leave.EU, one of the two groups that led the Brexit effort. He said in an email that he and Mr. Banks would be campaigning against wind farms in England, Scotland and Wales.
Trump will surely not forget the favor.
These are some of the recent ethical breaches we know about. They are unlikely to be the only ones. The Trump transition has already made it clear that they do not believe the norms that have always applied to previous presidents should apply to him.
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