During a recent interview with conservative media figure Eric Bolling, Eric Trump — a son of the former president — tried to defend the Trump family business amid an evident discussion of supposed corruption involving the Bidens and foreign financial interests.
The ex-president’s son insisted that any money that was provided to any Trump company from a member of a foreign government was subsequently donated by the Trumps’ team to the U.S. Treasury. In actuality, it’s unclear there is any substantiating evidence for this claim. Dems in the House, in fact, have previously released a report outlining some of the major financial inflows from foreign government-affiliated sources just at the Trump family’s now defunct hotel in Washington, D.C., which operated throughout Donald Trump’s time as president. In one example, more than a quarter of a million dollars was spent in association with a visit by a Malaysian prime minister who at the time was under investigation in the U.S.
Eric claimed in his discussion with Bolling that the Trump business team transferred payments as small as a margarita bill to the U.S. government. “Of all the things that did not happen, Eric Trump, this did not happen the most,” Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a government watchdog organization, quipped in reply.
The older Trump recently mocked some of the continuing concern about his family’s foreign ties in a jab at Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who in Georgia brought the now fourth criminal case against the former president. It alleges a criminal conspiracy targeting Georgia’s election results from 2020. “I assume, therefore, that she thought I was a “flight” risk – I’d fly far away, maybe to Russia, Russia, Russia, share a gold domed suite with Vladimir, never to be seen or heard from again,” Trump said of Willis and the $200,000 bond agreement that was already negotiated ahead of his surrender to local authorities expected on Thursday.
Of all the things that did not happen, Eric Trump, this did not happen the most https://t.co/dXLcACCLdx
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 22, 2023
