Voters have a right to know whether their elected officials are focused on the needs of the public or are prioritizing their own personal wealth or the wants of special interests.
Campaign Legal Center partnered with The New York Times to highlight research that shows that President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and other senior official nominees have hundreds of conflicts of interests that require them to remove themselves from certain matters. The nominees also own stock in over 200 individual companies that they must divest.
As more confirmation hearings for Trump’s Cabinet picks are set to take place, Campaign Legal Center is shining a light on the extreme wealth of the president’s Cabinet picks and each nominee’s long list of potential conflicts of interest.
The ultra-rich and billionaires should not be able to use positions of power to line their own pockets at the expense of the American people.
CLC’s analysis illustrates just how vital the enforcement of ethics laws is for the future of our institutions. Learn more about how we are holding the Trump administration accountable here.