News Week Magazine breaks story about Trump's business conflicts

I just watched a most stunning report on TV this evening. KURT EICHENWALD, an investigative reporter is printing a story to be released tomorrow.

He claims that the Turkish government has arrested two of Trump's business partners in order to put pressure on the US to release a Muslim Cleric living here. Erdogan thinks this cleric was responsible for the recent attempted coup in Turkey.

For those wondering how long it would take Donald Trump’s international business liabilities and conflicts of interest to be used against the United States, that answer has already arrived. The Turkish government has arrested one of Trump’s business partners in what appears to be an attempt at forcing him to release a Turkish prisoner being held by the United States once he takes office. The story, first broken by Newsweek and now echoed by MSNBC, sets up an explosive showdown.

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/turkey-arrests-donald-trumps-business-partner-to-force-u-s-to-release-turkish-prisoner/26721/

The Newsweek report seems to confirm the fears expressed by many since Trump’s election that foreign governments will take advantage of his business interests as a means of influencing US policy. Since his election victory, Bahrain and Azerbaijan have booked events at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, while work on a long-stalled Trump project in Buenos Aires began following a phone call between Trump and Argentinian President Mauricio Macri.

Under the US Constitution’s Emolument’s Clause, government officials are forbidden from accepting gifts from foreign countries without the approval of Congress. While the use of Trump hotels by foreign governments or the granting of licenses for building projects may not in itself violate the statute, it generates an apparent conflict of interests that some see as a major source for concern during Trump’s presidency.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/turkey-threatening-trumps-business-to-sway-policy-report/