Dems plan bill forcing Trump to divest

Published December 15, 2016 7:46pm ET



Five Democratic senators plan to introduce a bill in January requiring President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to release information on, and divest from, any conflicts of interest.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ben Cardin, Chris Coons, Dick Durbin and Jeff Merkley are all co-sponsors on the legislation that would require Trump and Pence to tell the American people about any financial conflicts of interest, and abandon those interests while in office.

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