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How Trump Was Corrupt

How Trump Was Corrupt

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Robert Lindsay
Jan 04, 2024
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Actually the Democrats could have impeached Trump on other things because he was breaking the law and running a criminal enterprise out of White House from Day One.

He was violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution from the day he stepped into his office. That clause means the President absolutely cannot use his position to make money for himself in any way whatsoever.

So if a President has a lot of stock in a company, he can't do things to push the stock price up so he can get rich. All past Presidents divested their money-making assets (note that this doesn't include personal property like your home and car) or they put it all in a blind trust.

Divesting means if own a lot of stocks or other money making entities like businesses, resorts, hotels or other property you don't live in, you have to sell all of that stuff or at least your share of it before you come into office.

So Trump have had to have sold all of his money-making real estate or better yet, just resign his positi…

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