Trump weeks away from violating terms of DC hotel lease

Posted by | November 29, 2016 07:54 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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There will be an immediate violation as soon as he is sworn in.

The 2013 lease the Trump Organization signed with the federal government to house the hotel in Washington, D.C.’s Old Post Office Pavilion, which is owned by the General Services Administration, explicitly states that elected officials can play no role in or have no benefit from the arrangement. According to two experts on government procurement law, Trump’s election as president represents a clear violation of that contract.

Steven Schooner and Daniel Gordon, former administrators in the Office of Management and Budget, laid out the ethics issues involved in the lease in a Monday op-ed in Government Executive magazine.

The contract language is clear: “No … elected official of the Government of the United States … shall be admitted to any share or part of this Lease, or to any benefit that may arise therefrom…”

The language could not be any more specific or clear. Donald Trump will breach the contract on Jan. 20, when, while continuing to benefit from the lease, he will become an “elected official of the Government of the United States.”

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22 responses to Trump weeks away from violating terms of DC hotel lease

  1. mea_mark November 29th, 2016 at 07:59

    Looks like a fire sale is in order or an impeachment.

    • Larry Schmitt November 29th, 2016 at 08:11

      But to quote Nixon, if the president does it, it’s not a crime.

      • Buford2k11 November 29th, 2016 at 08:16

        exactly…Trump believes he is above the law…He always believed that he was above the law…

        • Suzanne McFly November 29th, 2016 at 16:47

          He has good genes and they protect him from any form of punishment and promises him a lifetime of riches.

        • Willys41 November 29th, 2016 at 18:02

          Trump’s been a dictator all his life. Why stop now?

      • The Original Just Me November 29th, 2016 at 13:03

        Nixon was a Kid in Diapers compared to T. Rump.

      • Willys41 November 29th, 2016 at 18:01

        Uhh . . . technically, “…not illegal.”

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HZHlygbd4I

        • Larry Schmitt November 29th, 2016 at 18:09

          Okay, to paraphrase Nixon.

          • Willys41 November 29th, 2016 at 19:52

            It was really just an excuse to post the link because right-wing liars are constantly trying to claim the ‘context’ excuse.

    • Buford2k11 November 29th, 2016 at 08:17

      Unless his cowardly congress passes a law to help Trump…they can say it is ok…

      • mea_mark November 29th, 2016 at 08:59

        They would have to pass it before Jan 20.

        • Buford2k11 November 29th, 2016 at 09:12

          I thought they can do it whenever the corruption is noticed…

        • basedonfact November 29th, 2016 at 14:18

          Tell that to Scott Walker. He passed a law against John Doe investigations 2 years into a John Doe investigation against him and it went away but not before almost his entire staff got indicted

  2. oldfart November 29th, 2016 at 11:05

    TIC TIC TIC…

  3. The Original Just Me November 29th, 2016 at 13:02

    Interesting but Do you think HE will Care. Go Get’um Lawyers.

  4. Willys41 November 29th, 2016 at 17:59

    And who is going to enforce it? No one. Obviously.

    • StoneyCurtisll November 29th, 2016 at 19:20

      Fear not..
      Trump hasn’t yet changed all the laws or replaced all the judges…(yet)
      We still have a chance to stop some of his chicanery.

      • Willys41 November 29th, 2016 at 19:55

        True. However, there are lots of posts in the judiciary still awaiting appointments and even beyond that it takes a prosecutor to bring charges and under the Reichfuhrer prosecutors with balls might be hard to find.

      • whatthe46 November 29th, 2016 at 19:58

        he’s trying to figure out how to get Sotomayor deported.

  5. StoneyCurtisll November 29th, 2016 at 19:19

    Now that Trumpf fancies himself as Caesar..
    The law of the common man no longer apply to the great leader… *(in his fetid mind)

    • bpollen November 30th, 2016 at 02:18

      Gaius Caesar Germanicus

      Commonly known as “Little Boots.” In Latin – Caligula.

      Now if you want to liken him to a Pope, I’d go with Alexander VI.

  6. StoneyCurtisll November 29th, 2016 at 19:23

    How long until Trumpf has a gilded shrine built in his honor where we all must make a pilgrimage to once a year?..
    http://galleria.thule-italia.com/wp-content/gallery/lanzinger/lanz5a.jpg

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