Menendez Questions President Trump's Conflicts of Interests in Panama

This primary source from U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations supports 5 claims across 4 ledger entries.

Publisher: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Published: 2018-05-11
Source quality: primary

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A private Trump business dispute was taken directly to a foreign head of state while Trump held office, conflicting with the announced separation of office and business even though the record does not show presidential direction or Panamanian intervention.
March 22 letter chronology and request for information
Trump Company Lawyers Asked Panama's President to Intervene: Audit finding · Cited analysis
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Lawyers representing the Trump company sent Panama's president a letter requesting influence in the private hotel dispute.
March 22 letter chronology and request for information
Trump Company Lawyers Asked Panama's President to Intervene: The record · The record
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The lawyers acted for the Trump company in a dispute over its hotel-management interest.
March 22 letter chronology and request for information
Trump Company Lawyers Asked Panama's President to Intervene: The record · The record
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The sources do not establish that Trump directed the letter, that Panama intervened or that U.S. policy changed because of it.
March 22 letter chronology and request for information
Trump Company Lawyers Asked Panama's President to Intervene: Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit
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A Senate Foreign Relations Committee letter sought information about Trump's knowledge and any effect on U.S.-Panama policy; the cited record does not show the requested intervention occurred.
March 22 letter chronology and request for information
Trump Company Lawyers Asked Panama's President to Intervene: Outcome · Outcome