Dem Rep. Garcia: Trump Profiting from Foreign Govt’s While in Office Is ‘an Enormous Grift’

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GARCIA: “Look, it’s important to realize first that this is an enormous grift. This is a violation of the Constitution. This is about foreign payments and bribes to the president of the U.S. from multiple foreign governments and countries. And I also just want to note, because it’s important, what we have in front of us is really just the tip of the iceberg. The nearly $8 million that we’re discussing is essentially not only a two-year window, it’s only from four properties owned by Donald Trump. Donald Trump has hundreds, hundreds of properties and businesses around the world, so we were very limited to what we could actually look at. We know that the full scope of the hundreds of businesses and the bribes, it’s much larger, but James Comer, of course, who chairs our Oversight Committee, stopped the investigation immediately. So this is is very, very concerning. We demand this investigation to continue and to reveal the full scope of this incredible grift. And the amount of money is not just coming from these 20 governments. We know there are other countries that we don’t have receipts and records for it, like Russia, who have made payments to the Trump Organization. We need to find out the truth. This has both national security implications, but certainly violations of the Constitution.”