Why Hasn't the Government Gone After Trump for His $180 Million Breach of Contract?
Shortly after 9:20 p.m. on a foggy evening three days before Donald Trump's inauguration, a soft-spoken man with a sandy goatee and clear plastic glasses set himself on fire outside 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, the century-old Romanesque Revival that was once Washington, D.C.'s first post office and is now home to the Trump International Hotel.
His clothes were still smoldering in the middle of the street as the man, who wouldn't give his name, told reporters he'd lit himself aflame to protest "the fact that we've elected somebody who is completely incapable of respecting the Constitution of the United States."
But not even an attempted self-immolation in front of one of its properties was enough to spur a reaction from the mid-level bureaucrats at the General Services Administration. The agency, which oversees management of some 8,300 federal buildings, including the Old Post Office, has known for months it would be at the center of the first big fight over President Trump's conflicts of interest and violation of the Constitution – and it has quietly, assiduously avoided doing anything about it.
The hotel has emerged as the most emblematic of Trump's knotted, worldwide web of business conflicts. Though Trump announced last week that he was handing over management of the Trump International Hotel to his son, Don Jr., the president still owns the business. The hotel actively caters to foreign diplomats – and the Constitution explicitly prohibits presidents from accepting money from foreign governments. It's an impeachable offense.
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