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Why President-elect Trump doesn't think he has a conflict of interest problem

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon

President-elect Trump will face an array of conflicts of interest when he takes office. These conflicts are not minor or isolated. They are legion. And, to use his own favored language, they will be “huge.”

His real estate holdings abroad make him vulnerable to offers of favorable treatment (or financial threats) by governments...

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