House Oversight chairman accuses Trump of making 'a lot of money' off presidency

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) is accusing President Trump of profiting off his job in the White House.

Cummings made the accusation in an interview with "60 Minutes" aired on Sunday. He said that he believes Trump is making "a lot of money" off the presidency.

The comments from Cummings come as he gets poised to man a committee that he has said will open a number of investigations into the Trump administration.

The congressman issued 51 letters to the heads of various government agencies, White House and Trump Organization officials seeking documents on a series of congressional investigations.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425142-house-oversight-chairman-accuses-trump-of-making-a-lot-of-money-off-presidency

[TrogL]

1. That's unconstitutional, right

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Emolluments Clause, I think.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-is-the-emoluments-clause-does-it-apply-to-president-trump/2017/01/23/12aa7808-e185-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html

[babylonsister]

3. Good. We should all be angry. nt

[ffr]

4. The truth hurts. Don't it, Individual-1?

[SunSeeker]

5. Go get 'em, Elijah!

[BigmanPigman]

6. Thank Dog we GOTV and won the midterms!

If we lost can you imagine what the next two years would be like? Probably even worse than the first two. I'd be looking for a tall building to jump off of.

[Scarsdale]

7. Very impressive man.

I watched the interview. Intelligent, cool calm and collected. He has a law degree, too. "Speak softly and carry a big stick" comes to mind when I think of him now. He could make mincemeat of tRump in very little time.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. "Speak softly and carry a big stick"

Cummings can get his hackles raised too so his revenge will be served cold...

The mic-cutting fucker Issa is gone now and Cummings is now in charge.

[Maxheader]

9. All the congress wingers have made money off of stumpy...

You don't think the 1%ers haven't shown their appreciation to them for the trillion dollar tax break?

[Firestorm49]

10. Like it or not, most presidents leave office with substantially more money.

Part of this mess is that elected officials can make stock buys unknown to the public, or in advance of public announcements that corporate CEO’s, you and I, would be jailed for. Obama vowed to end the practice, but it went nowhere.

“Money doesn’t talk, it screams.” Robert Zimmerman