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Trump Says He's Removing Himself From 'Business Operations,' but Doesn't Provide Details
Trump said he will hold a press conference on December 15 to discuss his exit from his business enterprise.
More than two weeks after being elected and facing a flurry of questions over potential conflicts of interest, Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he would remove himself from “business operations.”
Hence, legal documents are being crafted which take me completely out of business operations. The Presidency is a far more important task!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2016
The president-elect did not provide any additional details on how that plan would be executed, but said he was doing so “in order to fully focus on running the country.” The announcement also doesn’t address any conflicts that might arise from businesses that he will apparently still own and will likely be operated by his children. In an interview with The New York Times last week, Trump said “the president can’t have a conflict of interest.”
Trump said he will hold a press conference on December 15 to discuss his exit from his business enterprise.
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