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Trump announced a business-management plan without divestment
- Event date
- Category
- Conflicts of interest and self-dealing
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- Documented historical event
Trump announced that his businesses would be managed by his sons but did not divest or place the assets in a true blind trust. Watchdog and constitutional-law groups argued that continued ownership preserved conflicts involving payments to his businesses.
Evidence basis
independent-corroboration
Dated sources
- — CBS News ethics-office response (Independent reporting)
- — Washington Post business-plan report (Independent reporting)
- — www.citizensforethics.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
- — www.theusconstitution.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
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Canonical citation
Trump announced a business-management plan without divestment. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2017-01-11-business-conflict-plan/
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