Lemire: We’ve Never Had President Who’s Made This Sort of Money While in Office

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LEMIRE: "But the dealings under scrutiny are, of course, not as simple as simply buying a new vehicle. Both of Trump’s sons have benefited when companies they own or they are involved with have either inked deals with the White House or cashed in on deals made by their father’s administration. And they both have gained from cryptocurrency ventures under their dad’s name, Donald Trump jr. and Eric Trump co-founded World Liberty Financial with President Trump. That means that they earned a portion of the more than 500 million in token sales and $65 million in selling equity stake that the company brought in last year. David French, that was Trump there at our sister network CNBC, trying to explain this away. The New York Times, your paper and other places have written extraordinary pieces just about how unprecedented this is. Sure, we’ve had other wealthy presidents before, but we’ve never had one who’s made this sort of money while in office, and seemingly he and his family making this money because he was in office."