“People are objecting to us making so much money on the hotel, and therefore we may be willing to sell.”
by digby
That’s Eric Trump admitting they have been making a killing on all the emoluments violations:
President Trump’s company is considering selling the lease of its D.C. hotel, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
The people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss plans they were not permitted to make public, said the Trump Organization had hired the firm JLL to market the project.Trump’s D.C. hotel has been a center of controversy since he entered office because Trump continues to own his business, which runs properties including the hotel, leading to charges of conflict of interest. Several lawsuits have alleged that Trump is violating the Constitution’s ban on “emoluments,” or payments by foreign governments, due to visits by foreign government officials to the hotel.
The company leases the building, the Old Post Office Pavilion, from the federal government’s General Services Administration, but the terms allow for the sale of the lease under certain conditions.
The Trump Organization did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Wall Street Journal first reported the possible sale. Eric Trump told the newspaper that, “People are objecting to us making so much money on the hotel, and therefore we may be willing to sell.”
I’m sorry. 3 years into the presidency is a little bit late to start thinking about this.
They gave the finger to every single ethical consideration despite being told by everyone but their most corrupt sycophants that it was a problem and that it would present them with crippling conflicts of interest. They didn’t care. They wanted the money.
Donald Trump and his spawn hate to leave a penny on the sidewalk so they must be concerned about the emoluments clause lawsuits. Simply giving up the DC hotel won’t solve that problem for them. Their entire family criminal enterprise is on the hot seat.
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