Trump likely benefited from $13.6 million in payments from foreign governments during his presidency
By Robert Maguire and Rebecca Jacobs
Throughout Donald Trump’s time in the White House, he likely benefited from $13.6 million in payments from foreign governments, according to a new analysis by CREW. These payments represent an unprecedented violation of the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause and serve as a reminder of the further violations Trump is poised to bring into office should he return to the White House.
This report builds on the work done by the House Oversight Committee earlier this year, which relied heavily on an incomplete set of documents provided by Trump’s accounting firm. To make up for the gaps in that information, CREW has pieced together additional details, where available, from our extensive tracking of the ways foreign governments used Trump’s businesses to curry favor with him and his administration, while enriching Trump personally. This is the most comprehensive view to date of Trump’s first term foreign emoluments—a staggering picture of corruption that would have been inconceivable to America’s founders.
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