Nader to Trump: Divest your assets to avoid becoming magnet for bribery. #DivestOrImpeach

The Issue

From Ralph Nader & Mark Green:

Donald Trump will be a walking Article of Impeachment if he enters office without divesting completely from his company. Article 1, Sect. 9 of the Constitution -- the "Emoluments Clause" -- prohibits a president from enriching himself from foreign governments trying to influence U. S. policy.

Given his lifetime habit of profit-seeking and the Trump Company's wide-ranging investments, he has to make a choice sometime before his Inauguration January 20th. This petition's signers believe that he either divests all his assets to avoid the fact or appearance of a Presidency-for-sale or risk Impeachment once journalists and prosecutors expose pay-to-play scandals. 

Divestment means not only from management but also from ownership. He cannot merely create the fiction of a "blind trust" that his children manage based on buildings with his/their name emblazoned on them. Nor is it persuasive that people knew what they were voting for when a minority elevated him to the presidency since he never disclosed his tax returns or list of creditors and holdings...not to mention that all modern predecessors  divest to meet the "original meaning" of the Constitution. 

He created this quandry and only he can fix it. So will it be "AmericaFirst" or "TrumpFirst"? Public service or self-service? The choice is his, at least for now. 

@markjgreen

See bit.ly/2gCUWPk for a fuller explanation of #DivestOrImpeach.            

 

 

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Mark GreenPetition StarterNYC Consumer Commish & 1st elected Pub Advocate ('90-'01). Dem mayoral nominee losing 50-48% to Bloomberg in '01. Last president Air America Radio. Host, "Both Sides Now" radio show ('10-'16). Author/editor 23 books. Founder/CEO of @ShadowingTrump, 2017.
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The Issue

From Ralph Nader & Mark Green:

Donald Trump will be a walking Article of Impeachment if he enters office without divesting completely from his company. Article 1, Sect. 9 of the Constitution -- the "Emoluments Clause" -- prohibits a president from enriching himself from foreign governments trying to influence U. S. policy.

Given his lifetime habit of profit-seeking and the Trump Company's wide-ranging investments, he has to make a choice sometime before his Inauguration January 20th. This petition's signers believe that he either divests all his assets to avoid the fact or appearance of a Presidency-for-sale or risk Impeachment once journalists and prosecutors expose pay-to-play scandals. 

Divestment means not only from management but also from ownership. He cannot merely create the fiction of a "blind trust" that his children manage based on buildings with his/their name emblazoned on them. Nor is it persuasive that people knew what they were voting for when a minority elevated him to the presidency since he never disclosed his tax returns or list of creditors and holdings...not to mention that all modern predecessors  divest to meet the "original meaning" of the Constitution. 

He created this quandry and only he can fix it. So will it be "AmericaFirst" or "TrumpFirst"? Public service or self-service? The choice is his, at least for now. 

@markjgreen

See bit.ly/2gCUWPk for a fuller explanation of #DivestOrImpeach.            

 

 

avatar of the starter
Mark GreenPetition StarterNYC Consumer Commish & 1st elected Pub Advocate ('90-'01). Dem mayoral nominee losing 50-48% to Bloomberg in '01. Last president Air America Radio. Host, "Both Sides Now" radio show ('10-'16). Author/editor 23 books. Founder/CEO of @ShadowingTrump, 2017.

The Decision Makers

Donald J. Trump
Former President of the United States
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