pledges he made about blind trust. absolutely he did. he hasn t put his properties into a blind trust, period. is that something you can do when you have a corporation, can you put in a blind trust, is it doable? you could with a corporation, widely held, but not with the kind of companies that he has. what should he have done to avoid the hastle he s in right now with you? that s where what could he have done to avoid this. he could have sold all the properties that yield payments from foreign governments. sold the whole trump empire. and you think he would have done that, that was i signed up for this. he never said he would do that. it doesn t matter what he said. it matters what the constitution says. paul, what s your thinking about this and what he s done wrong what the remedy might be for what he has done. there needs to be one. really important case. there are a lot of open legal questions, the supreme court has never decided a case in which interp
monument clause applies? well, the monument clause applies, but the discussion is to what extent does it apply and in a concrete situation? in the case that the president of the united states violated or may be violated the monuments clause will you appoint a special counsel? we would have to examine that. i would not commit to this day at this time of appointing special counsel when i m not aware above precise factual situation in play. if there is a violation by the president s family of the stock act which prohibits the use of private or insider information for personal gain, will you apply special counsel? well, we ll have to evaluate that if such circumstance occurs and i would do my duty as i believe i should do it at the
be very dangerous for national security. are we going to swap the national security or for a new casino in saudi arabia or somewhere else. these are issues that ought to concern our allies. and also, who is going to provide security for all of these trump installations all over the world that have his name on them. i would think they would be sitting ducks for a terrorist or someone else. and who is going to pay for that? the united states government, trump organization or a foreign government and then the foreign government does, we get into the questions of the monument clause or constitution which prohibits anybody holding an office of trust with the united states government, including the president from accepting any gifts from foreign governments and so we re going to need to look at the loans from the bank of china which is owned by the controlled by the government there.
west wing. who polices this, ultimately? congress does. and that s why we have the impeachment clause. this is a situation that could be very dangerous for national security. are we going to swap the national security or for a new casino in saudi arabia or somewhere else. these are issues that ought to concern our allies. and also, who is going to provide security for all of these trump installations all over the world that have his me on them. i would think they would be sitting ducks for a terrorist or someone else. and who is going to pay for that? the united states government, trump organization or a foreign government and then the foreign government does, we get into the questions of the monument clause or constitution which prohibits anybody holding an office of trust with the united states government, including the president from accepting any gifts from foreign governments and so we re going to need to look at the loans from the bank