2025-02-07
14 分钟Good morning.
It's Friday, February 7th.
I'm Shemitah Basu.
This is Apple News today.
On today's show, why Venezuelans once loyal to Trump are feeling betrayed.
The Big Easy gets ready for the weekend's big game
and how police are trying to crack the case of 100,000 stolen eggs.
but first, a look at how President Trump's potential for conflicts of interest has changed and expanded
since his first term
in 2020.
A New York Times investigation found over 200 companies,
interest groups and governments patronized Trump businesses
while reaping benefits from Trump's administration or Trump personally,
the Washington Post reported.
One example, T Mobile, spent $195,000 at Trump's DC
while seeking federal approval of a merger with Sprint.
The merger was ultimately approved and the Justice Department and FCC declined to comment on it to the Post.
Critics argue that Trump's refusal to disentangle himself from his businesses
while president not only creates ethical murkiness,
but in cases involving foreign governments as clients violates the emoluments clause of the Constitution,