Federal Watchdog Finds Government Ignored Emoluments Clause With Trump Hotel
The Inspector General for the General Services Administration, said that agency lawyers decided to ignore the constitutional issues when they reviewed the lease after Trump won the 2016 election.
by Jessica Taylor
Jan 16, 2019
2 minutes
Updated at 4:45 p.m. ET
Officials leasing the Old Post Office Building for the the Trump International Hotel in Washington improperly ignored the Constitution's anti-corruption clauses when they continued to lease the government property to President Trump even after he won the White House, according to an internal federal government watchdog.
The , the agency that leased the
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