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Menendez Questions President Trump's Conflicts of Interests in Panama

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

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  1. documented

    A private Trump business dispute was taken straight to a foreign head of state while Trump held office, against the announced separation of office and business. The record does not show presidential direction or Panamanian intervention.

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  2. documented

    Lawyers representing the Trump company sent Panama's president a letter requesting influence in the private hotel dispute.

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  3. documented

    The lawyers acted for the Trump company in a dispute over its hotel-management interest.

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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.

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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.

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