New York City is considering ending its business contracts with President Trump
GOP Donald TrumpHOP leader tells members to stop spreading lies about riots, says the attorney general of the antifa DC Trump organization has illegally paid K account that during the inauguration of 70K QAnon Twitter accounts paid, suspended in the aftermath of Capitol riot MORE, according to the mayor’s office, after the president urged his supporters to march to the Capitol, which violently attacked them last week.
Laura Feyer, a spokeswoman for the mayor of New York Bill de Blasio
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The president’s company, which he still owns but transferred the day-to-day operations to his sons, has contracts with New York City to run a carousel, two ice rinks and a golf course in the city’s parks. The Trump Organization made about $ 17 million from the park concessions, The Washington Post reported, referring to the president’s most recent financial revelations.
” A police officer killed the attacks on our Capitol, killed four rioters, exposed lawmakers to COVID-19 and threatened the constitutional transfer of power. “They were a national abomination,” Feyer said in a statement.
“We are investigating whether there are legal grounds in light of these new circumstances to end concessions to the Trump organization,” she added without giving a timeline for the decision.
The Trump organization did not immediately return a request for comment.
The city’s consideration to end its business dealings with the Trump organization comes amid the aftermath of the Capitol riot and because the accusations that the president incited violence are also Trump’s private enterprises.
The New York-based Signature Bank announced this week that it will close Trump’s personal bank accounts due to the “displeasure and shock” that management experienced as a result of the attack on Capitol. According to the Post, the president’s personal accounts with the bank held about $ 5.3 million.
The bank also called on Trump to resign, declaring that he would not do future business with lawmakers who challenged the president-elect. Joe Biden
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“To see a riot sit in the chair of the US Senate and that our elected representatives are being told to go under their seats is appalling and an insult to the Republic,” Signature Bank said. in a statement.
“We were witnesses to the President of the United States who encouraged the rioters and did not call on the National Guard to protect Congress while carrying out its duty.”
Shopify, the e-commerce company, also decreased trumpstore.com, who used the Trump organization to sell merchandise, saying it violates policies that “promote or support organizations, platforms, or people that threaten or approve of violence to advance a cause.”
The Professional Golfers’ Association of America announced this week that they plan to moves his 2022 championship away from Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey.