The Daily Dot: Donald Trump says his conflicts of interest aren't a big deal

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Trump's lawyer said Trump will separate himself from the Trump Organization and give the company to his adult children—Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric—in a familial-based "blind trust," though they also serve on his transition team executive committee.

"The fact that [the children] have been included as part of the transition team just shows how inappropriate their role in bridging the gap between him as a businessman and politician is," Meredith McGehee, a strategic adviser at the Campaign Legal Center, told the Washington Post at the time. "It’s a clear demonstration that there is no firewall between the two."

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