🇺🇸 A May filing revealed Trump's accounts ran 3,642 securities transactions between January 6 and March 30, roughly 63 per trading day, an unprecedented volume for a sitting president.
Some involved companies with extensive federal business, which drew the predictable conflict of interest questions from Democrats and ethics experts.
Here is the context that matters most.
The Trump Organization says the accounts are managed entirely by outside financial advisers, and that the president and his family play no role in choosing the investments.
In other words, the trades were made in his name but not by his hand, a common arrangement for wealthy officials who hand portfolios to third party managers.
Source: CBS News
Some involved companies with extensive federal business, which drew the predictable conflict of interest questions from Democrats and ethics experts.
Here is the context that matters most.
The Trump Organization says the accounts are managed entirely by outside financial advisers, and that the president and his family play no role in choosing the investments.
In other words, the trades were made in his name but not by his hand, a common arrangement for wealthy officials who hand portfolios to third party managers.
Source: CBS News