knows perfectly well that if they grant a permit or grease a palm or do something for ivanka or for don jr. with respect to a hotel in istanbul where trump said he had a conflict of interest. those were his words. they will be currying favor. they will be doing things that enhance the family wealth. and around the world, that s the way palms get greased. it s often to the prince and not the king that a special favor is done or that a payment is made. and i think it is estimating the american public to be stupid if they think that this facade is going to solve the constitutional problem. the office of government ethics is a nonpartisan body and although they chose an unconventional way to deliver the message, ty were right. that is simply looking the other
certainly there are some physicians that maintained a practice when coming to congress. i debated it. but the type of practice i maintained was a 24/7 hands on, full time job. i knew this was a 24/7 full-time job. i had to make the decision. when i was running, people asked me what would i do. i said if elected i would serve in congress and no longer be a doctor. i want to honestly and genuinely praise you for that. it could be a difficult thing. it could have been the case that you did that and two years later you get voted out and you start from scratch again. your own admirable and above and beyond actions in this case are a pretty good standard for the man who is going to be the most powerful man in the united states with the most difficult job in the world. we know some of his closest advisers are his children and i suspect his kids, don and ivanka are studying this, and goodness knows they ve all got good lawyers. this is not something that s being handled lightly.
it does seem to be the case that there is no statutory law that says the president has to divest. there are, however right. it has seemed some constitutional issues. how serious do you see those? i think they re very serious. the constitution specifies that no official of the u.s. government certainly not the president can receive any economic benefit from any foreign government. it s very basic and very clear. just listening to congressman burgess, he sounds like a nice guy. yes. but he s talking like it s an issue of time management. donald trump said i won t worry about the details. i ll leave that to don jr. and eric and ivanka. big deal. that s just a facade. even if he looks away from the details and doesn t pore through them, every foreign government where he does business, and that s dozens of governments,
i said if elected i would serve in congress and no longer be a doctor. i want to honestly and genuinely praise you for that. it could be a difficult thing. it could have been the case that you did that and two years later you get voted out and you start from scratch again. your own admirable and above and beyond actions in this case are a pretty good standard for the man who is going to be the most powerful man in the united states with the most difficult job in the world. we know some of his closest advisers are his children and i suspect his kids, don and ivanka are studying this, and goodness knows they ve all got good lawyers. this is not something that s being handled lightly. i have not taukted to the president-elect about this or anything else, in fact, in the last three weeks. but i expect them to make the correct decision. he has said it over and over again. he s devoted to what he has chosen to do. it was a hard decision to make
no official of the u.s. government certainly not the president can receive any economic benefit from any foreign government. it s very basic and very clear. just listening to congressman burgess, he sounds like a nice guy. yes. but he s talking like it s an issue of time management. donald trump said i won t worry about the details. i ll leave that to don jr. and eric and ivanka. big deal. that s just a facade. even if he looks away from the details and doesn t pore through them, every foreign government where he does business, and that s dozens of governments, knows perfectly well that if they grant a permit or grease a palm or do something for ivanka or for don jr. with respect to a hotel in istanbul where trump said he had a conflict of