{"id":115737,"date":"2024-10-18T23:45:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115737"},"modified":"2024-10-18T23:45:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:45:46","slug":"democrats-report-calls-trump-hotel-business-unethical-and-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115737","title":{"rendered":"Democrats\u2019 Report Calls Trump Hotel Business Unethical and Unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">House Democrats on Friday accused former President Donald J. Trump of accepting \u201chundreds of unconstitutional and ethically suspect payments\u201d through the Trump International Hotel in 2017 and 2018, moving weeks before the election to remind voters of the ethical issues raised by his refusal to divest from his businesses while in office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/oversightdemocrats.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/democrats-oversight.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2024-10-18COA-DEM-Staff-Report-Domestic-Emoluments.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The 58-page report<\/a> from Democrats on the Oversight Committee includes their final findings in a yearslong investigation digging into the Trump Organization\u2019s management of the hotel. It accuses Mr. Trump of ripping off the Secret Service by charging the agency exorbitant rates and of inappropriately accepting payments from clients who worked for state governments or were seeking appointments and pardons from him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMr. Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/01\/10\/trump-wont-pledge-to-divest-from-businesses-if-he-wins-second-term.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">has made clear<\/a> that he will not only refuse to divest from his businesses in a possible future presidency, but he will seek to multiply opportunities to commodify the Oval Office for his personal enrichment by turning thousands of civil service jobs into patronage positions \u2014 all with the attendant payoff possibilities from supplicant job-seekers and the prospective blessing of his handpicked Supreme Court justices,\u201d said Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">House Republicans dismissed the report as old news and accused Democrats of hypocrisy for investigating Mr. Trump but not members of President Biden\u2019s family, including his son Hunter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cUnlike the Bidens, the Trumps actually have businesses and made money from the services they provided,\u201d said Jessica Collins, a spokeswoman for the Republican-led House Oversight Committee. \u201cToday\u2019s report is more recycled garbage from the Democrats\u2019 fruitless and close to a decadelong investigation of President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The committee has already documented how <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/04\/us\/politics\/trump-hotels-foreign-business-report.html\" title=\"\">officials from other countries spent lavishly<\/a> at <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-foreign-spending.html\" title=\"\">Mr. Trump\u2019s hotel in Washington while he was president<\/a> and how the Secret Service was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/17\/us\/politics\/trump-hotels-secret-service.html\" title=\"\">charged hefty prices for rooms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"css-1b5b8u1\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M2.5 12a9.5 9.5 0 1 1 19 0 9.5 9.5 0 0 1-19 0Zm8.5 1.75v-7.5h2v7.5h-2Zm0 2v2h2v-2h-2Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<hr\/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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