A recent report from Public Citizen, a liberal/progressive watchdog group, uncovered 64 instances of Foreign Governments, Federal Government Departments, Republican Candidates, and others using properties belonging to the Trump Organization. Among the names listed were the Republican National Committee, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100, the Malaysian Government, and the Saudi Arabian Embassy. Proponents of the report argue that this indubitably shows a conflict of interest for President Trump.
However, tying President Trump to these actions is difficult considering that Trump relinquished control of his organization to his sons Trump Jr. and Eric via placing the organization into trust fund. What this shows is that, not only does Trump have zero power over his organization, but there is no way of knowing whether Trump had any sway in or cognizance of these business dealings. To prove a conflict of interest, one must prove awareness of those interests in question. Without providing evidence of cognizance, it is difficult to determine what Trump’s level of familiarity with these dealings was or whether they held any weight in his political decisions.
That being said, if these dealings genuinely demonstrated collusion between Donald Trump and the foreign and domestic governments and political organizations in question, then this raises serious questions of…
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