CLC Urges Congressional Scrutiny of President Trump’s Corrupt Foreign Transactions

Ahead of a congressional hearing on “Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Foreign Assistance,” Campaign Legal Center sent a letter to every member of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, urging lawmakers to also examine the ethical and corruption implications of President Trump’s overseas dealings. Since President Trump began his second term, CLC has been actively documenting the most egregious instances in which the administration has provided benefits to wealthy donors in apparent exchange for financially supporting the president's personal or political interests. This record also contains several powerful examples of foreign governments and individuals engaging in such pay-to-play activity with the administration. Signed by Trevor Potter, CLC’s President and a former Republican Chairman of the Federal Election Commission, this letter summarizes several corrupt foreign deals, all of which raise serious questions about whether the Trump administration's policy decisions are being guided primarily by everyday Americans' best interests. Each transaction creates serious conflicts of interest and warrants close scrutiny by the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Congress as a whole.