Too small. Reporter now that sense of ownership is gone. The Trump Organization which no longer runs the building says it had no hand in vetting the people who financed, sold or bought it. Now that President Trump is in the white house. Uhhuh. Reporter do you think the Trump Organization and the trump family are trying to distance themselves from you . I wouldnt say that theyre trying, because i dont think that i can harm them. Reporter it took months to track Alexander Ventura down and persuade limb to shim to sit wi interview. He asked we disguise his appearance, hes on the run in panama wanted for fraud saying he sold hundreds of United Nations in the trump club to hide their identities. Banks werent asking questions where the money was coming from . No. Never. Reporter sounds like nobody was asking questions. Not you, not the Trump Organization, not the banks, not the developers . Nobody. Nobody. Reporte nobody checked anybody out. People were buying, Spending Millions 5, 10, 20 un
Situation in which we really dont know if the president of the if the president of the United States and his family are using his position to enrich themselves. That kind of concern is one of the main reasons that President Trump candidates released their tax returns. Its also a main reason why people want to see this president s tax returns in particular, because people want to know about his foreign sources of income. How much money hes receiving from foreign sources. Can any of that money be traced back to foreign governments . Which would be illegal under the constitution. Well that brings us to tonight. Tonight im very excited to say weve got the perfect person to take us on an unprecedented journey inside President Trumps web of foreign financial ties. Richard edngel takes us to panaa tonight to the first trumpbranded hotel to go up overseas. You will want to see this. Here now is on assignment with richard engel. Rising high above the panama city skyline, this 70story building,
yourself as a businessman. choose. one or the other. why not let congress pursue this? why the lawsuit? this is a clear violation of a constitutional provision. congress has shown no interest in defending that constitutional provision if we can t test the constitution in the courts, where can we test it? she wrote a brief for the case, identifying specific examples of overseas business interests the president has that may be a violation of the emoluments clause. high on the list, the club in panama. that is not the only problem. what does that tell that you this was the first project he chose to do internationally? it is of concern to me. because what it suggests is that this was a business operation
reporter: take the cocaine and turn it into a building? yeah. reporter: how do you know. i saw it happening. reporter: this booming market the trump organization was entering plans seen in this marketing el strags, tallest in latin america at the time with a mix of hotel rooms and high-end condos all on a plot of land owned by a small time local businessman, roger kafif, the buildings main builder. ivanka met the team. my company would be selling the united nations art according to ventura, ivanka was planning to pre-sell units around $120,000 each. ventura said he could tell them for a lot more. reporter: what did she say? happy with that, but can you sell it at that price? i said, yes. the agreement, i had a week to sell 100 units. reporter: how did you them them in a week? easy to stell in fact with
just a flood of items of value from a variety of different foreign governments without ever having consulted congress or congress made a statement as to whether that s legal or not. that, according to the liberal watchdog group that filed the lawsuit is a violation of the foreign emoluments clause. it states no tit. the wording is quaint but she believes it has a modern application. if you choose by shouldering the people of the united states as their president you can t be serving yourself as a business man. choose, one or the other. why not let congress pursue this?