A new solution for Trump and his team of billionaires: Ignore the law
Trump lieutenant Newt Gingrich this week proposed an elegant solution for all the conflicts of interest swirling around the president-elect and his team of billionaires: Ignore the law.
President-elect Donald Trump, Gingrich said, should let those in his administration do as they wish with their personal fortunes and business interests and pardon them if they are found to have violated laws against using public office for personal enrichment. He could simply say, Look, I want them to be my advisers, I pardon them if anybody finds them to have behaved against the rules, period, Gingrich said on NPRs The Diane Rehm Show on Monday.
Drain the Swamp is so October.
In another NPR interview on Wednesday, Gingrich said Trumps swamp campaign theme had been relegated to the marshlands of history, asserting that he now says it was cute, but he doesnt want to use it anymore.
Trump, in a subsequent tweet, said he will continue to use the phrase. But former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who just announced hes setting up a consulting firm that will profit from his proximity to the new president, told Fox News on Thursday that drain the swamp is probably somewhere down at the bottom of Trumps to-do list.
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