WASHINGTON ― Two symbolic resolutions introduced Thursday by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) highlight President Donald Trump’s apparent use of the presidency to enrich himself, suggesting an angle Democrats could pursue in an impeachment investigation if they take back control of the House of Representatives next year.
One “sense of the House” resolution criticizes Trump for his family’s receipt of a $500 million investment in their cryptocurrency company from a United Arab Emirates royal family that subsequently won access to advanced AI technology, despite worries it could be transferred to China.
The other resolution targets the president’s lawsuit against the U.S. government seeking $10 billion in damages over leaks of the president’s tax information, as well as his administrative claim for millions from the Justice Department for its search of his Florida golf club.
“Trump has bulldozed part of the White House and turned what’s left of it into a money-making operation for himself and his family,” Raskin said in a statement.
Neither resolution stands a chance of being adopted or even voted on by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. But they are potential starting points for investigations into Trump if Democrats win control of the House of Representatives, which would put Raskin in charge of the House Judiciary Committee. The Judiciary Committee typically takes the lead in impeachment investigations. (Raskin did not mention impeachment in his statement.)
