MAGA hat sales violate the law!

[real Cannabis calm]

Trump's company wouldn't say what his new $107K business was, until after we tracked it down
Steve Reilly USA TODAY

NEW YORK — For more than a week, nobody at the Trump Organization wanted to talk about the mysterious new corporation from which President Trump earned more than $100,000 last year.

The new venture, T Retail LLC, came to light on Trump’s 92-page financial disclosure statement released last week, which describes it as an “online retail business.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/24/trump-store-financial-disclosure-president-trump/640506002/

LII Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) Title 5. Administrative Personnel Chapter XVI. OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS Subchapter B. GOVERNMENT ETHICS Part 2635. STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH Subpart G. Misuse of Position Section 2635.702. Use of public office for private gain.
5 CFR § 2635.702 - Use of public office for private gain.
CFR

§ 2635.702 Use of public office for private gain.
An employee shall not use his public office for his own private gain, for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity, including nonprofit organizations of which the employee is an officer or member, and persons with whom the employee has or seeks employment or business relations. The specific prohibitions set forth in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section apply this general standard, but are not intended to be exclusive or to limit the application of this section.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/5/2635.702

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. According to the article, it is all legal

though dubious, ethically.

Our laws need to be re-written from start to finish if loopholes that large exist.

[real Cannabis calm]

10. Did you miss this section of the article?

An employee shall not use his public office for his own private gain, for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated...

Trump is an "employee" of the US Federal Govt.

[onenote]

11. Wrong. It helps to read an entire statute or rule before commenting on it.

5 CFR 2635.102 -- Definitions

(h)Employee means any officer or employee of an agency, including a special Government employee. It includes officers but not enlisted members of the uniformed services. It includes employees of a State or local government or other organization who are serving on detail to an agency, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3371, et seq. For purposes other than subparts B and C of this part, it does not include the President or Vice President. Status as an employee is unaffected by pay or leave status or, in the case of a special Government employee, by the fact that the individual does not perform official duties on a given day.

The section you cite in the OP (5 CFR 2635.702) is in subpart G.

[real Cannabis calm]

16. Can you post a link?

BTW, If Obama had personally profited from his presidency, it would have been a witch-burning, complete with impeachment, instead of a "Fake news witch-hunt."

[onenote]

17. Link

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/5/2635.102

[Miguelito Loveless]

12. That was NOT part of the USA today story

Also, the law specifically excludes Trump as "president".

[MyOwnPeace]

2. HA!

As if that was the ONLY thing they've done that's against the law......



LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!

[PoliticAverse]

3. From the article - 'While the Trump Store appears to be "technically legal,"' n/t

[3catwoman3]

4. Wearing a MAGA hat with a suit jacket...

...is a violation of fashion law.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. You could consider changing your headline, it's a deceitful disappointment.

Click baiting other DUers could also be seen as unethical, much like the business being advertised with your post.

[lambchopp59]

6. Yet they gladly pay to display ignorance

[rusty quoin]

7. This is worse than the mafia. He had Air Force cargo planes refuel close to his golf course.

The guy is the most corrupt and the ultimate treasonous president in history...easy.

It is incredible, but Republicans won’t do a thing, because of greed (treason), and when will the house impeach him?

If not him is deserving, then get rid of impeachment. Once a person is sworn in, he/her is Supreme Ruler, and we the people bow down.

[onenote]

8. Don't be misled by the OP's headline

The article doesn't say the sales are illegal. In fact, it says the opposite. Sure it's class-less to profit off being president, but we already knew Trump was class-less.

[myohmy2]

9. republicans...

...they love bending the rules and breaking the law while preaching law and order to everyone else...

...they wrap themselves in the flag, religion and family values as they plant their greasy dick in America's ass...

...republicans...

[Bonx]

13. Trump loves breaking the law, so he won't care.

[onenote]

15. He won't care because he isn't breaking the law. The OP is wrong.

[Vinca]

14. And who's going to do something about it? Altogether now: NOBODY.