First day as President, First ethics complaint filed

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Orange County Lumber Truck on Saturday, January 21, 2017 – 10:52 am

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Watchdog Complaint: Trump Is Now In Breach Of His D.C. Hotel Lease

He’s the president, and the lease says no elected official may benefit

WASHINGTON ― The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint with the General Services Administration on Friday, arguing that President Donald Trump is in violation of his lease to operate the Trump International Hotel on government property.

Trump’s agreement with the GSA to run a luxury hotel within Washington’s Old Post Office building, which is owned by the federal government, specifically states that the lease cannot be held by an elected official. After Trump announced his plans to only marginally separate himself from his multibillion-dollar business empire on Jan. 11, the GSA issued a statement indicating that it hadn’t been unaware of those plans and declaring that it would not comment until Trump was sworn in as president

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