A U.S. House Committee asked Trump's Administration to hand over Details on any Talks between his Company and a Federal Agency over Changes to Lease Terms for the Trump-branded Hotel near the White House.
The Democratic-led House Oversight and Reform Committee said it made the Request to the General Services Administration (GSA), which Oversees Leases on Federally Owned Property, in Response to the Trump Organization Real Estate Company asking about Changing its Lease Terms for the Trump International Hotel due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, and Selling the Hotel.
The Trump Organization built the Hotel and runs it under a Lease on the Federally owned Old Post Office Building in Washington, just a few Blocks from the White House. When Trump bought the Lease he was a Private Citizen. When he became the President, and still the Majority Owner of the Company, he Violated the Lease Terms that says No Federal Elected Official could Own the Lease.
The Times cited a Statement from Eric Trump, the President's Son, that the Company was asking the GSA that it be given any Relief that the Government would offer other Tenants.
"This report highlights the disturbing conflicts of interest presented when President Trump maintains private ownership interests that place him on both sides of the federal government's dealings," Carolyn Maloney (D-NY, 12th District), the Committee's Chairwoman, and Gerry Connolly (D-VA, 11th District), Chairman of a Key Subcommittee, wrote in a Letter to the GSA.
The Committee Demanded that the GSA turn over All Documents and Communications between the Agency and any Trump Organization Employee or Representative related to any Effort to Change the Lease for the Hotel.
Maloney and Connolly said that between 2016 and 2018 more than a Dozen Committee Members had sent Multiple Letters to the GSA Requesting Documents related to the Trump Hotel. Replays contained Irrelevant Information.
Trump still faces Litigation accusing him of Violating the Constitution's rarely tested "emoluments" Clauses that barring Presidents from taking Gifts or Payments from Foreign and State Governments.
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