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Actually, no, the president, and vice president cannot have a conflict of interest, just because you say they can. Legal experts have already made this clear, the president cannot have a conflict of interest.
Payment for service is not a gift, so the emoluments clause does not apply.
It violates the terms of the LEASE. The LEASE contract says that no elected official can be the lease holder.
A lease is a contract, he is in violation of the contract.
It violates the terms of the LEASE. The LEASE contract says that no elected official can be the lease holder.
A lease is a contract, he is in violation of the contract.
That clause of the lease is unlikely to be able to be enforced.
I am so sorry we can't have real conversations about anything any more because this country is so divided and half the people won't even admit that is true, much less try to understand that it is decades of deliberate work by Presidents on both sides who made it this way - and they should blame them (and themselves for falling for it all), not this brand new President. This is finally a chance for people to come together for the good of everyone in the country and so many just want to sabotage that. Very sad!
Because that clause is to prevent a conflict of interest. The president is exempt for conflicts of interest, so the clause may not be enforceable.
No, the clause is to prevent any elected official from leasing from the GSA. It isn't reliant on conflict of interest.
The lease doesn't state that no elected official can hold the lease unless there is no conflict of interest. It says "No elected official shall be admitted to any share or part of this lease or to any benefit that may arise there from." Trump is an elected official. as the person leasing the building he is already benefiting through renting rooms. Trump is in breach of contract already. Presidents are not exempt from breach of contract laws.
No, the clause is to prevent any elected official from leasing from the GSA. It isn't reliant on conflict of interest.
The lease doesn't state that no elected official can hold the lease unless there is no conflict of interest. It says "No elected official shall be admitted to any share or part of this lease or to any benefit that may arise there from." Trump is an elected official. as the person leasing the building he is already benefiting through renting rooms. Trump is in breach of contract already. Presidents are not exempt from breach of contract laws.
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