ProPublica Quotes Matthew Sanderson: We May Not Know If Trump's Foreign Business Deals Violate the Constitution

The question of whether President-elect Donald Trump will run afoul of federal conflict-of-interest rules or the Constitution because of his extensive foreign investments has been the subject of intense scrutiny among legal and ethics scholars.

“You can’t grasp all the potential conflicts and issues that the Trump empire poses by just looking at a personal financial disclosure,” said Matthew T. Sanderson, an attorney at Caplin & Drysdale who has served as legal counsel on three Republican presidential campaigns.

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Excerpt taken from the article “We May Not Know If Trump's Foreign Business Deals Violate the Constitution” by Derek Kravitz for ProPublica.