CNN: Turkey-Related Event at Trump Hotel Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns

‘Most years, a standard event, but not this year because this year it was at the Trump International Hotel in D.C., ground zero for president Trump’s conflicts of interest’

RUSH EXCERPT:
SCIUTTO: "Now to our conflict of interest watch. This month the trump international hotel in Washington hosted a conference for a business group that aims to improve relations between the U.S. And Turkey. It is just one example of the complicated entanglement involving Mr. Trump’s business empire and his presidency. As the trump organization says the money it receives from foreign governments ask just too hard for it to track r.cnn’s Cristina Alesci filed this report."
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ALESCI (voice-over): "An annual meeting on u.s.-turkey relations. Most years, a standard event, but not this year because this year it was at the Trump International Hotel in D.C., ground zero for president Trump’s conflicts of interest."
ALPTEKIN: "Frankly most people involved in the decision making didn’t expect him to win the election, but we like the hotel."
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