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The bill in question, an amended version of the Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act, ultimately passed out of committee with an eight to four vote, with Republican senators divided on how to proceed.

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Sen. Romney: "This basically would prevent Donald Trump from becoming president if he wanted to maintain his financial assets without getting completely obliterated.”

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Sen. Romney: "I mean, he'd have to sell all of his Truth Social stock. He'd have to sell all of his private investments."

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The former president’s massive financial assets were a primary concern of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs debate LAST WEEK.

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The bill requires divestiture for people who want to become a congressperson or president or vice president.

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The bill is called, the Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act.

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The U.S senate is close to passing a bill that would ban federal lawmakers — and presidents — from owning and trading stocks and other investments.

[NowOrNever 🇮🇹 @nowornever2_0]

@lawofruby I cannot belive the balls on Trump and company. He literally said the dame exact thing about Joe Biden. Good for Judge Merchan!!

[Lisa Rubin @lawofruby]

p.s. Here’s a link to the three-page decision: https://t.co/rruZ9V9ERU.

[Lisa Rubin @lawofruby]

And finally, while renewing his pledge to base his rulings on the evidence and the law, “without fear or favor,” Merchan’s pique with Trump’s counsel, whose prior affirmation Merchan calls “rife with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims,” is clear. FIN.

[Katie Phang @KatiePhang]

Recall: Trump sued Michael Cohen in the Southern District of Florida for $500 million. On the eve of being deposed, Trump voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit against Cohen.

Trump has yet to refile this lawsuit.

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This order was entered January 19, 2023. Trump/Habba appealed it to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Apropos of today’s “news”:

Here’s the scathing 46-page sanctions order against Trump and Alina Habba issued by federal judge, Donald Middlebrooks, ordering them to pay almost $1 million dollars for the “completely frivolous, both factually and legally” lawsuit “brought in bad faith for an improper purpose.”

Judge Middlebrooks called Trump a “mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process.”

https://t.co/iFqzwit5vr

[U.N. Owen @Ew_en_Owen]

@lawofruby @JoyceWhiteVance His "intent" only to file. Just another diversion from VP Kamala Harris' excellent polling numbers.

[Lisa Rubin @lawofruby]

The only exception to that rule is when -- as could happen here -- the agency does not provide a final disposition six months after the claims are presented. In other words, if DOJ doesn't respond for six months, then Trump can file a complaint in federal court. 4/

[Lisa Rubin @lawofruby]

As @JoyceWhiteVance notes, a civil suit like this would allow discovery on both sides. And one thing DOJ would get to find out is whether Trump himself (or any business he owns) paid his alleged $15 million in legal fees incurred in defending against the Mar-a-Lago case, or whether, for example, his leadership PAC, Save America, actually assumed those costs for him through the generosity of his donors.

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump is a deadbeat.

More specifically, in keeping with his modus operandi of stiffing contractors who did work for him, Trump has failed to pay the bills for his rallies in at least 13 venues across the country, according to data from Centers for Public Integrity.

This might explain why he was unable to land at Bozeman, Montana for his event and could even explain why he was out-rallied by the Harris-Walz campaign last week, 7 rallies to his one low-energy Montana rally.

How can America expect fiscally responsible leadership from a guy who can't even pay his own campaign's bills?

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

“I am an Eisenhower/Kinzinger Republican with three sons serving in the US military. How is this a difficult choice for any educated, ethical human being? Trump is a horrible person, utterly devoid of any political vision, ethical compass, or personal integrity. He’s a convicted felon. Adjudicated fraudster. Indicted for multiple other felonies. A vocal supporter of the world’s worst megalomaniac dictators. For real? I have to explain why no one should ever support him, regardless of party affiliation?”
#RepublicansForHarris

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[Mike Harvey @MikeHarvey4You]

@acnewsitics Trump has a history of not paying his contractors and as a matter of public record, has been sued by hundreds of contractors and venues for non payment. Trump himself has been quoted as saying , not paying your contractors is a smart business decision.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

People are wondering why Trump is not campaigning and they think it's because he stiffed venues in

Lebanon, OH
Mesa, AZ
Erie, PA
Green Bay, WI
Eau Claire, WI
Tucson, AZ
Burlington, VT
Spokane, WA
El Paso, TX (over $500,000)
Billings, MT
Albuquerque, NM had to send Trump’s overdue bill of $211,000 to a collection agency in 2021. As of 2020, La Crosse, WI is still waiting for over $13,000 for multiple visits.
He also stiffed Tucson out of $589,000