Ethics expert breaks down Trump administration’s conflicts of interest
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🗓️ 14 March 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's been less than two months since President Trump took office, and in that time, Trump, |
| 0:06.0 | his family and members of his administration have also seen personal and financial gain |
| 0:11.0 | in a number of ways that are aided by their power and their influence. |
| 0:15.0 | Our Laura Barone Lopez has more. |
| 0:17.0 | Earlier this week, President Trump lined up Tes's on the south lawn of the White House, |
| 0:22.5 | all to help out his friend and special government employee billionaire Elon Musk. |
| 0:27.0 | As Tesla's stock plummeted, the president holding a price list for different models, |
| 0:31.3 | said he would buy one of the cars. |
| 0:32.9 | That's the model Y. |
| 0:34.9 | That's a model Y. |
| 0:35.9 | So I have a lot of information that's putting the price. |
| 0:38.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:39.3 | I want to make a good deal here. |
| 0:40.3 | You know, I do notice this. |
| 0:42.3 | They have one, which is $35,000, which is pretty low. |
| 0:47.3 | What is that all about? |
| 0:48.3 | Yeah, I guess we want to make the point that Tesla's aren't all expensive. |
| 0:52.3 | You can get a Tesla for as little as $35,000. |
| 0:55.5 | The event is part of a pattern of conflicts of interest as the president and those close to him |
| 1:00.5 | stand to benefit from his time in office. Here to discuss is Don Fox, former acting director |
| 1:05.5 | of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Mr. Fox, thanks so much for joining us. So I want to separate out Elon Musk and President Trump. |
| 1:14.0 | First, did the president violate any laws or ethics rules with that White House sales event |
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