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Judi Lynn

(160,855 posts) Wed Dec 19, 2018, 04:09 AM Dec 2018

Trump business deal in the Dominican Republic 'may be unconstitutional'

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Source: Ekklesia.co.uk

By agency reporter
DECEMBER 19, 2018

Global Witness has revealed that US President Donald Trump is forging ahead with what appears to be a new business deal in the Dominican Republic. This deal poses a conflict of interest for the President and may expose him to violations of the US Constitution’s Emoluments Clause.

“After a failed 2007 deal in the Dominican Republic, the Trumps are now back in business with their former Dominican partner, the Hazoury family and their company”, said Eryn Schornick, Senior Policy Advisor at Global Witness. “Trump’s company previously sued the Hazourys alleging ‘text book fraud' on such a wide scale.”

Global Witness went undercover in the Dominican Republic to get details about the suspected new Trump project. Posing as a representative to a wealthy investor looking to buy property, the undercover investigator met with senior brokers and sales representatives at the Cap Cana resort – owned by the Hazourys – on the Dominican Republic’s eastern shore.

A sales representative confirmed that the Trumps are going back into business with the Hazourys and stated that Trump Organisation is the developer of a commercial and residential project on the beach at the Cap Cana resort, and has the requisite permits to start building.

Read more: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/27402

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Trump business deal in the Dominican Republic 'may be unconstitutional' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2018 OP

A FOREIGN AFFAIR: TRUMP'S DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEAL Judi Lynn Dec 2018 #1

Is the other big fat idiot Rush Limbaugh involved? dalton99a Dec 2018 #2

Yes, he certainly does, doesn't he? Good grief! Judi Lynn Dec 2018 #3

Flynn was vacationing in the Dominican Republic UpInArms Dec 2018 #4

Funny how THAT happens! MFGsunny Dec 2018 #10

Didn't he also violate the Cuban embargo? Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #5

I keep hearing that Flynn lied about his dealings when speaking to Pence... debsy Dec 2018 #6

Pence is lying UpInArms Dec 2018 #8

I have always wondered about that also. riversedge Dec 2018 #11

And Jimmy Carter had to sell his beloved peanut farm. watoos Dec 2018 #7

I have to hand it to Trump, he is the most determined criminal I've ever heard of. Nitram Dec 2018 #9

You can't fix stupid. N/T Jedi Guy Dec 2018 #12

Locking... DonViejo Dec 2018 #13

Judi Lynn

(160,855 posts)

1. A FOREIGN AFFAIR: TRUMP'S DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEAL

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 04:13 AM

Dec 2018

Report / Dec. 17, 2018

A FOREIGN AFFAIR: TRUMP’S DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEAL

Donald Trump is pursuing what appears to be a new business deal in the Dominican Republic despite pledging no new foreign deals – a deal which may be in violation of the U.S. Constitution

Almost two years after Donald Trump pledged to the American people that he would make no new foreign deals while president, our undercover investigation into the Trump family’s activities in the Dominican Republic reveals that the Trumps may be pursuing a new real estate deal in the country.

This opens the door to corruption and conflicts of interest risks as the President has not fully divested from his business.

In response to our investigation, the Trump Organization now deny that they are involved in any current project in the Dominican Republic.

More:
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/corruption-and-money-laundering/a-foreign-affair-trumps-dominican-republic-deal/

dalton99a

(82,056 posts)

2. Is the other big fat idiot Rush Limbaugh involved?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 04:18 AM

Dec 2018

He loves the Dominican Republic

Judi Lynn

(160,855 posts)

3. Yes, he certainly does, doesn't he? Good grief!

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 04:34 AM

Dec 2018

Rush, in his prime. I think there was a fire in his mouth. Someone should have told him.

Earlier news article:

Rush Limbaugh Detained With Viagra
BY JARRETT MURPHY

UPDATED ON: JULY 16, 2007 / 2:44 PM / CBS/AP

Rush Limbaugh could see a deal with prosecutors in a long-running prescription fraud case collapse after authorities found a bottle of Viagra in his bag at Palm Beach International Airport. The prescription was not in his name.
Limbaugh was detained for more than three hours Monday at the airport after returning from a vacation in the Dominican Republic. Customs officials found the Viagra in his luggage but his name was not on the prescription, said Paul Miller, a spokesman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

Miller said the alleged violation could be a second-degree misdemeanor. The sheriff's office was investigating and will soon turn the case over to the state attorney's office, which had no immediate comment Tuesday.

. . .

Limbaugh also must submit to random drug tests and continue treatment for his admitted addiction to painkillers.
Limbaugh's doctor had prescribed the Viagra, but it was "labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes," Roy Black, Limbaugh's attorney, said in a statement.

More:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rush-limbaugh-detained-with-viagra/

Watch out, D.R. Here I come.

UpInArms

(51,306 posts)

4. Flynn was vacationing in the Dominican Republic

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 05:13 AM

Dec 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/flynns-swift-downfall-from-a-phone-call-in-the-dominican-republic-to-a-forced-resignation-at-the-white-house/2017/02/14/17b0d8e6-f2f2-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html?utm_term=.28f433984953

Michael Flynn was at a beachside resort in the Dominican Republic, a stretch of sand and sun that he and his wife had visited for years, when he took a few moments out of their post-election vacation for a call with the Russian ambassador to the United States.

As a veteran intelligence officer, Flynn must have known that a call with a Russian official in Washington would be intercepted by the U.S. government, pored over by FBI analysts and possibly even shared with the White House.

But six weeks later, Flynn was forced out of his job as national security adviser to President Trump over what was said in that conversation and Flynn’s inability to be truthful about it with then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence and other officials now in senior positions at the White House.

MFGsunny

(2,356 posts)

10. Funny how THAT happens!

Reply to UpInArms (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:37 PM

Dec 2018

It would be funny if it wasn't SOOOO close to criminal, if not more about treason.

Rhiannon12866

(208,465 posts)

5. Didn't he also violate the Cuban embargo?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 06:03 AM

Dec 2018

Whatever happened with that? So many illegal activities that it's tough to keep track...

debsy

(532 posts)

6. I keep hearing that Flynn lied about his dealings when speaking to Pence...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 08:24 AM

Dec 2018

... and other senior transition officials. Even Judge Sullivan stated such in his reprimand of Flynn. Is this something we know to be factual both on its face and substantively? I'm sure there is evidence that Flynn mouthed words to these people (VP included) but do we know for certain that the words were not physically spoken as part of a "cover our tracks" effort? We have all seen movies where people who know they are being surveilled say one thing and write another. I find it hard to believe that veep was out of the loop on all this and didn't know exactly what was happening.

UpInArms

(51,306 posts)

8. Pence is lying

Reply to debsy (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 11:07 AM

Dec 2018

To keep up the veil of “believable deniability”.

riversedge

(70,790 posts)

11. I have always wondered about that also.

Reply to debsy (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 02:38 PM

Dec 2018

watoos

(7,142 posts)

7. And Jimmy Carter had to sell his beloved peanut farm.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 09:01 AM

Dec 2018

IOKIYAR.

Nitram

(23,225 posts)

9. I have to hand it to Trump, he is the most determined criminal I've ever heard of.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 11:21 AM

Dec 2018

Under investigation or having been sued on multiple fronts, including one related to the Emolument's Clause, he just keeps on keeping on. I wonder if he has at some point suffered some real brain damage because of a stroke.

Jedi Guy

(3,301 posts)

12. You can't fix stupid. N/T

Reply to Nitram (Reply #9)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 02:58 PM

Dec 2018

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)

13. Locking...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 03:06 PM

Dec 2018

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