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Johnson raises questions about Trump hotel lease
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., challenged the Trump International Hotel's lease of space at the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., this week, raising questions about whether it could lead to a violation of the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments clause.
"Although GSA and the Trump Old Post Office LLC have claimed the president is not benefiting from the lease, he's clearly benefitting from the lease," said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.). "The president has listed the loan he took from Deutsche Bank to renovate the Old Post Office Building as a personal liability."
"About 50 volunteers from Wipro took turns alongside U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Georgia; state Democratic Sen. Elena Parent, and local Commissioner Nancy Jester to form an assembly line to complete the "backpack build," filling 500 backpacks with 1,500 books at our office."
House Democrats announced a new strategy on Friday to force votes in an effort to highlight President Trump's possible ties to Russia.
Decatur High School rising junior Sonia Karkare and Emily Lent, a rising senior at Providence Classical Christian School in Oxford, Ga., will spend their 2017-2018 school year in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Program.
But Congressmen Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, and Hank Johnson of Georgia are not distracted. They have introduced a groundbreaking piece of legislation—the Securing America's Future Elections (SAFE) Act—that proposes to safeguard US elections from cyber threats by permanently classifying the integrity and security of elections as a component of critical infrastructure of the country.
AMY GOODMAN: It also comes right after you made a video calling for support for Congressman Hank Johnson's bill that would cut off all U.S. military aid to Honduras.
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., has teamed up with 15 colleagues to introduce legislation designed to address election integrity.
H.R. 3132 is designed to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002. It is being support by several groups including the National Election Defense Coalition, Common Cause, Transforming Justice Coalition, People Demanding Action, Progressive Democrats of America and Verified Voting, UHCAN and the Hip Hop Caucus.