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Know who was behind the sales. even if the administration has decided its okay for the president to keep all his business interests going while hes still president, everybody agrees that because of the clear language in the institution about this, he really cant take any money from foreign governments or foreign officials. the problem is, thanks to these real estate holdings, these apartments and condos and lots and whatever hes got for sale, that may very well already be happening. this "usa to...

Work. they tracked down exactly what that potentially means in terms of the presidency and his business interests going forward. nobody had figured this out before. before "usa today" did the incredible legwork necessary to tell this tale, we didnt know this nfrgs. heres their lead. quote, "usa today" spent four months cataloging every property trump companies own across the country. trump has never disclosed a complete unit by unit inventory of his companys real estate holdings or sales nor is ...

President trumps most obvious potential conflicts of ingtd are his multiple properties around the world. "usa today" conducted a four-month investigation into how extensive those properties are just in this country. reporters found that trumps companies are sitting on at least $250 million worth of individual properties in the usa alone. at least 422 luxury condos and penthouses from new york city to vegas and other properties. the conflict of interest is a simple one. the potential to purchase ...

President. anyone who wanted to court favor with the president could snap up multiple properties or purposefully overpay. they could also buy in the name of a shell company making it impossible for the public to know who was behind the sales. even if the administration has decided its okay for the president to keep all his business interests going while hes still president, everybody agrees that because of the clear language in the constitution about this he really cant take any money from forei...

Anyone who wanted to court favor with the president could snap up multiple properties or purposefully overpay. they could also buy in the name of a shell company making it impossible for the public to know w was behind the sales. even if the administration has decided its okay for the president to keep all his business interests going while hes still president, everybody agrees that because of the clear language in the constitution about this, he really cant take any money from foreign governmen...

Totaling about $250 million. joining us now is one of the reporters who broke this story, steve riley with "usa today" and "cnn moneys" cristina alesci, on the conflicts of interest watch. thank you both for being with us. steve, first to you. these condos that the president and his family own, hes not required to report them. and in fact, he did not report them or disclose them. so, what is the possible ethics concern here? >> absolutely. on his financial disclosure form, president trump need...

Really. one is the lack of visibility into his business, and the other is that he maintains ownership, to your point, that theres no way to really separate him from his business, even though his sons do run it on a daily basis, he can ask for payments, for example, whenever he wants from that financial trust. >> just to be clear, look, the idea is youre a bad actor, if you wanted to pay $20 million for a $500,000 condo to get in good graces with the president, in theory, and we are not saying th...

Accurate, and what level of homeland security threat is that? >> that allegation came from word from a former individual in that office. i have forwarded it to the fbi. i know theyre looking into the allegation is a strong one. individuals in the middle east that were getting venezuelan passports, and so someone from the middle east could get a passport from venezuela claiming to be a venezuelan citizen, and that means individuals could potentially be traveling to multiple places, including the ...

Accurate, and what level of homeland security threat is that? >> that allegation came from word from a former individual in that office. i have forwarded it to the fbi. i know theyre looking into the allegation is a strong one. individuals in the middle east that were getting venezuelan passports, and so someone from the middle east could get a passport from venezuela claiming to be a venezuelan citizen, and that means individuals could potentially be traveling to multiple places, including the ...

Russia hacked the election. its important to know for fact here. fact russian did hack the dnc. the goal of this was because they thought she was going to win and they wanted to weaken her as an incoming president. they did not however collude with the trump campaign, no evidence exist of that. they did not hack any of the voting or change the election. donald trump is legitimate president of the united states whether you like it or not spee6 there was reports of data mining and that sort of thi...