Still No Real Evidence Trump Is Not Still The Nominal Head Of Trump Organization

This is yet another example of how Trump’s continual lies and outrages deflect the press from focusing on any one outrage for any period of time. And, as with saw with Hillary’s emails, it takes months and months of pounding on one issue to make a significant dent in the consciousness of the average American voter.

According to Representative Elijah Cummings, all those folders full of documents that Trump brought out as a prop at his press conference and that he claimed he had signed in order to turn over control of his businesses to his sons have not been turned over to the Office of Government Ethics. Reporters were not allowed to view those documents either. A prior report as of inauguration day (oops, I mean National Day of Patriotic Devotion) showed that the proper paperwork to change ownership to his sons had not actually been filed in the states where those companies are incorporated. The plan for change of ownership, of course, did nothing to resolve the massive conflict of interest issues that Trump has. But, as far as we know right now, he has not even taken that minimal step and is still nominally in charge of the Trump Organization.

All this is very reminiscent of Trump’s bogus claim about his personal donation to veteran’s groups earlier in the campaign, when he had done no such thing. He will make promises and the press assumes that he will keep his word. But he won’t. This is the banana republic of Trump. The press will need to adjust to this new reality and quickly.