17 Nov 2016 8:57 pm
Ethical questions abound as President-elect Donald Trump sues DC over hotel taxes
He's trying to get the assessed value down by 63 million, so he can pay less in taxes.
And then there's this:
He leases his hotel from the Government Services Administration and soon he will be running the GSA, so in effect he will be his own landlord.
He's trying to get the assessed value down by 63 million, so he can pay less in taxes.
And then there's this:
No conflict there, huh?The lawsuit also raises ethical questions; in several months, Trump's administration will have the power to appoint a new GSA director.
That sets up the uncomfortable prospect that the Trump children, who the president-elect has said will be in charge of his businesses, could seek to renegotiate the building's lease with a GSA led by a person appointed by their father.
He leases his hotel from the Government Services Administration and soon he will be running the GSA, so in effect he will be his own landlord.