Bush, Obama lawyers: Electoral College must reject Trump unless he sells his business
Top ethics lawyers for two presidents say Donald Trump must sell his business and put the proceeds in a blind trust, or the electors should not select him.
Click here for reuse options!Richard Painter, Chief Ethics Counsel for George W. Bush, and Norman Eisen, Chief Ethics Counsel for Barack Obama, believe that if Trump continues retain ownership over his sprawling business interests by the time the electors meet on December 19, they should reject Trump.
In an email to ThinkProgress, Eisen explained that “the founders did not want any foreign payments to the president. Period.” This principle is enshrined in Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution, which bars office holders from accepting “any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.”
This provision was specifically created to prevent the President, most of all, from being corrupted by foreign influences.
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6 responses to Bush, Obama lawyers: Electoral College must reject Trump unless he sells his business
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Warman1138 November 25th, 2016 at 12:58
A rock and a hard place. What are the odds that Trump will try to have both and the republicans will do what they can to accommodate him?
Larry Schmitt November 25th, 2016 at 13:02
He will not do anything until he is forced to. And congress won’t call him on any conflicts.
eyelashviper November 25th, 2016 at 14:05
What are the odds of those electors actually thinking, relying upon laws and the Constitution and considering their ethical duty?
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StoneyCurtisll November 25th, 2016 at 15:54
Slim to none…
Tommie November 25th, 2016 at 14:49
It takes a man like Trump to bring two Presidents of opposites sides to come together!
robert November 26th, 2016 at 10:15
As if the trumpster’s voters and the gop didn’t know he was going to pull off multiple acts of conflict of interest.
Everyone gets paid as long as you keep your mouth shut