Warren reintroduces bill requiring presidential divestment

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BY ZACK BUDRYK - 03/27/19 12:16 PM EDT

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) re-introduced legislation requiring the president, vice president and their family members to divest any financial interests that could create conflicts of interest.

The Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act, which Warren is set to introduce Wednesday, would also prohibit anyone appointed by the president from handling matters affecting the president’s financial interests and would require all major-party presidential nominees to release three years of tax returns.

Warren, a Democratic presidential candidate, made the last 10 years of her tax returns public. But Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is the only candidate thus far to release her 2018 returns.

"Corruption has always been the central stain of this presidency," Warren said in a statement. "This bill would force President Trump to fully divest from the same Trump properties and assets that special interests have spent two-plus years patronizing to try and curry favor with this administration - all while lining the President's pockets."

FULL story: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/436043-warren-reintroduces-bill-requiring-presidential-divestment

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