Jack Goldsmith
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462 appearances
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard 10 Sep
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So the first thing I would say is don't elect presidents who have sprawling global businesses that they're very keen to make money off of in the presidency.
That may seem like a flip answer, but I really mean it.
I don't think he'll be the last to want
Maybe.
I hope he is in terms of the scale of what he's doing.
And as I suggested earlier, it's not clear to me why other politicians would have at least the same scale of this.
But I'm not suggesting there's no worry.
So there's lots of things that could be done.
Congress can regulate in this area.
Congress, the emoluments clause that I paraphrased, said that the president is not allowed to accept these emoluments without congressional consent.
That is a hook for Congress to define what an emolument is more clearly, to provide a way, a system for people to sue, to bring lawsuits, to enforce it or use that power and other powers Congress has.
to, for example, force presidents to have financial arrangements of greater integrity.
You know, this gets into the blind trust area.
This gets into ensuring that the president is barred, legally barred from running a business.
It gets into the idea that federal officials cannot be associated with entities that trade in crypto.
There's a whole bunch of regulations and laws that could be brought to bear to tamp down on this problem.
And I think they should be considered.
By the way, a lot of this stuff was apparent after the first term.
The massive loopholes in presidential accountability for conflicts of interest was crystal clear.
And the Biden administration didn't seem interested in working on that.
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