Sentences with phrase «putting blind trust»

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More broadly, they argue, Trump should sell off his company and put the cash into a blind trust as previous presidents have done.

The positives of his first two years in politics have been swamped by his star - crossed attempt at tax reform and his failure to put his personal assets in a blind trust.

Minutes after Morneau strode out of the meeting — ignoring shouted questions about why he hasn't put his own extensive business holdings in a blind trust — Long held forth on what he clearly felt was his moment to savour.

At first, opposition rivals attacked him for failing to put his substantial holdings in the firm, which manages pensions, into a blind trust after he was named to a cabinet position responsible for regulating the industry.

But Ford stressed it would bring him no advantage because he plans to put the company in a blind trust, a step meant to avoid conflicts of interests when business leaders are elected to office.

Eisen and Richard Painter, White House ethics adviser to President George W. Bush between 2005 and 2007, on Tuesday wrote an op - ed in the Washington Post urging Trump to put his «conflict - generating assets in a true blind trust run by an independent trustee.»

Instead, they will most likely put their assets in index funds or in a diversified blind trust, and then pay the tax bill on those assets when they sell them.

Trump has not promised to liquidate his assets and put the proceeds into a blind trust.

Mr. Kushner has consulted with at least one lawyer and believes that by forgoing a salary and putting his investment fund, his real estate holdings and The New York Observer into a blind trust, he would not be bound by federal nepotism rules, according to one of the people briefed.

The standard practice is to put the assets — stocks and bonds and such — into a blind trust that is managed independently of the president so he can't know what he is specifically invested in.

Had Trump taken the measures suggested repeatedly by ethics experts on both sides of the political aisle, he would by now have put his assets in what's called a blind trust, which would entail turning over his empire to a third party with whom he will have no contact, who would sell off the properties and reinvest the resulting money in other assets without providing the president any information about the sales or the purchases.

Still, Trump's deal with Carrier demonstrates the unprecedented challenge the president's conflicts of interest create: Unless he either puts his holdings in a truly blind trust or divests completely, a significant number of the decisions he makes will involve some level of financial incentive for himself as well as for the country.

Mr. Trump refuses to sell his assets or put them into a blind trust, but he has said that he has ceded operation of his businesses to his adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric.

In addition his complete failure to appreciate the political consequences of not putting his financial assets in a blind trust raised questions as to whether he should be in politics at all.

Putting existing businesses into a blind trust does not stop the President for knowing the underlying assets of the trust.

He promised to separate himself from his businesses and put his assets in a blind trust.

Wenger is deluded, I wouldn't give him any money to spend because he would only put it in a trust fund for the board It might not be great after he leaves but we have to try something different.Every team in the prem knows how to handle Arsenal no plan B never mind C & I remember Bold being a great defender or was I blind but or defense is shocking what is going on when they train.

With blind trust, I took the bait and prepared to put my baby into his own room after coming home from the hospital.

There is a lot of elevation change, so you put your trust in the corner workers when you are coming over crests and blind turns.

Wednesday — If you had to put your portfolio into a blind trust who (any investor / trader / institution) would you hire to manage it?

A crucial sign that Warden is «all in» is his decision to put his business into a blind trust, instead of hanging on and facing claims of conflicted interests or, worse, profiteering.

Bloomberg columnist Ann Woolner had a fascinating / disturbing analysis today showing what happens when judges come on the bench and don't put their investments in blind trusts, or sell their shares «and put their money where they have no control over it.»

People sometimes put such blind faith in an insurance agent or adviser, they trust any product recommendations they give them.

Relying on blind faith, trust, luck, or anything other than facts is a practice that needs to be put to rest once and for all.