NYT’s Lipton: Trump, Effectively Through His Sons, Owns Businesses That Are Personally Profiting Off of Regulatory Decisions

RUSH TRANSCRIPT STEPHANOPOULOS Thank ░░░░░░░░ for joining us Eric ░░░░░░░░ me begin with you ░░░░░░░░ and your colleagues published ░░░░░░░░ major investigation in The ░░░░░░░░ York Times where you ░░░░░░░░ your words the firm ░░░░░░░░ opened by a Trump ░░░░░░░░ corporate entity has erased ░░░░░░░░ old presidential norms eviscerating ░░░░░░░░ boundary between private enterprise ░░░░░░░░ governmental policy in a ░░░░░░░░ without precedent in modern ░░░░░░░░ history Break that down ░░░░░░░░ are the major questions ░░░░░░░░ potential corruption and conflicts ░░░░░░░░ interest LIPTON I mean ░░░░░░░░ is a nation that ░░░░░░░░ ve always had campaign ░░░░░░░░ raising where people are ░░░░░░░░ donations but these donations ░░░░░░░░ going to their political ░░░░░░░░ What we ve never ░░░░░░░░ before at this scale ░░░░░░░░ modern American history or ░░░░░░░░ in American history overall ░░░░░░░░ a president who is ░░░░░░░░ through his sons owns ░░░░░░░░ that are personally profiting ░░░░░░░░ of regulatory decisions that ░░░░░░░░ s making And the ░░░░░░░░ of interest here are ░░░░░░░░ you know the word ░░░░░░░░ don t like to ░░░░░░░░ too much in Washington ░░░░░░░░ reporters is unprecedented but ░░░░░░░░ truly are unprecedented and ░░░░░░░░ is appointing the head ░░░░░░░░ the securities and exchange ░░░░░░░░ at the same time ░░░░░░░░ the S E C ░░░░░░░░ shutting down investigations of ░░░░░░░░ of his business partners ░░░░░░░░ investor in one of ░░░░░░░░ companies that s partnered ░░░░░░░░ his company with world ░░░░░░░░ financial he s offering ░░░░░░░░ people the right to ░░░░░░░░ and have dinner with ░░░░░░░░ at his golf course ░░░░░░░░ Virginia At the same ░░░░░░░░ these are people trying ░░░░░░░░ influence his policies and ░░░░░░░░ fact have stated so ░░░░░░░░ re buying his crypto ░░░░░░░░ effectively giving him money ░░░░░░░░ they can get access ░░░░░░░░ the president of the ░░░░░░░░ States It s really ░░░░░░░░ something we ve never ░░░░░░░░ before and it s ░░░░░░░░ quite hard to track ░░░░░░░░ s so much happening ░░░░░░░░