Dems on the House Judiciary panel want to consider Trump's push to host the G-7 summit next year at his Doral resort in Miami as part of their impeachment probe
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee slammed President Donald Trump’s push to host the G-7 summit next year at his Doral resort in Miami, deriding the move as “only the latest in a troubling pattern of corruption and self-dealing” by the president and pledging to consider it as part of their impeachment investigation.
Nadler and Cohen said that Trump’s comments this week prove the president’s “personal financial interests are clearly shaping decisions about official U.S. government activities,” concluding that “this is precisely the type of risk that the Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses were intended to prevent.”
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. “With Doral, we have a series of magnificent buildings, we call them bungalows, they each hold from 50 to 70 very luxurious rooms with magnificent views. we have incredible conference rooms, incredible restaurants, it's like such a natural,” Trump argued. “We wouldn't have to do the work that they've done here — and they've really done a beautiful job.
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