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An Illustrated Guide to Trump’s Conflict of Interest Risks
During his first administration, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s global business empire created an unprecedented number of conflicts of interest for a sitting president. Ethics experts worried that opportunists could try to curry favor by booking stays at Mr. Trump’s network of hotels, golf clubs and other properties. Their predictions bore out: Foreign governments and lobbyists…