Timothy L O'Brien

While Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr note the Trump Organization is not involved with selling, developing or distributing Trump Mobile service and products, none of their current dealmaking would be as accessible or as profitable if the paterfamilias was not sitting in the White House.

Trump Mobile joins the Oval Office sales parade

Whether directly peddling products or not, the president is a walking financial conflict of interest who routinely enriches himself

The Jul 21 front page of USA Today following US president Joe Biden's announcement that he is dropping his reelection bid.

Biden finally shows true leadership in passing the torch

The president put the public above his own interests – and the Democrats get a second shot to win the White House

As the US Supreme Court – which has been a weak ally to justice in the Trump years – has noted in Trump rulings, no American, including presidents, is above the rule of law.
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Trump fought the law and the law finally won

The former president faced the reckoning he has long deserved, but the more critical verdict will come on Election Day