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To the Point

Will Trump violate the US Constitution on Inauguration Day?

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump comes into office with more potential conflicts of interest than any other President-elect in history and his cabinet follows in the same mold. Guest host Barbara Bogaev explores the blurring of lines between business and politics, and how Democrats are gearing up to challenge a President apparently unwilling to divest himself of a global empire.

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0:00.0

From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

0:08.5

Who will police presidential conflicts of interest?

0:14.9

I'm Barbara Bogave sitting in for Warren Alney, and this is To the Point.

0:18.5

Electors cast their votes today for a commander-in-chief with the most extensive potential conflicts of interest in the history of the presidency.

0:26.2

Watchdogs say the law requires Trump to sell off his holdings, but he's postponed addressing the issue until January, tweeting that his sons will run the business, the same sons that are deeply involved in the transition team for his administration.

0:38.6

Why are Republican voters seemingly unconcerned with the blurring of the lines between the Trump

0:43.3

organization and the White House? And with a Republican-controlled Congress, who can hold the

0:48.3

president accountable? Also on today's talking point, an investigation into dozens of police

0:53.3

killings over replica guns.

0:55.8

First News.

1:01.9

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1:11.2

Go to KCRW.com slash news 24, or you can listen on KCRW's app.

1:21.4

Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund.

1:30.6

Good to be back with you on To the Point on Barbara Bogaven for Warren only. Just ahead, Donald Trump comes into office with more potential conflicts of interest than any other president-elect in history.

1:40.9

And his cabinet follows in the same mold. We'll talk about the blurring of lines

1:44.9

between business and politics and how Democrats are gearing up to challenge a president,

1:48.9

apparently unwilling to divest himself of a global empire. That's coming up. And later on our

1:53.8

talking point, an investigation into police killings over increasingly real-looking fake guns.

2:00.1

First, this news update.

2:01.7

Today, a gunman armed with a pistol shot

2:04.0

and killed Russia's ambassador to Turkey

2:06.6

at an art gallery in the Turkish capital of Ankara

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