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04-21-2017, 06:27 PM
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"A key congressional watchdog committee is asking a lawyer for President Trump to turn over records connected to his plans to donate business profits from foreign governments to the U.S. Treasury.
In joint letter Friday, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah and the panel’s top Democrat, Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, requested documents from Trump attorney Sheri Dillon related to the plans, which were originally announced in at a Jan. 11 news conference.
The letter sent Friday cites a USA TODAY report in March in which a Trump Organization spokeswoman said no donation has yet been made, but that donations would be made at the end of each calendar year.
Chaffetz and Cummings wrote that they are requesting the records to “better understand the mechanics of how this arrangement will be implemented.”
The Trump Organization spokeswoman last month would not disclose to USA TODAY the amount of profits earned from foreign governments so far. The company would not provide the newspaper with a copy of the policy that has been developed to segregate foreign profits, or otherwise explain how Trump hotels and similar businesses will separate profits from foreign governments from other funds."
Oversight committee asks Trump attorney for foreign profit documents
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