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‘Shameless venality’: how a flurry of lawsuits has thwarted Trump’s self-enrichment schemes

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The Guardian US FIRST 43m ago ‘Shameless venality’: how a flurry of lawsuits has thwarted Trump’s self-enrichment schemes
Courts have issued stinging rebukes to president’s ‘blatant’ financial ploys as pro-democracy groups defend ‘government of laws, not of men’ pillar Donald Trump’s legal and political ploys to increase his wealth and boost Republican electoral prospects have fueled lawsuits by non-partisan groups, prompting federal judges to issue stinging rejections to some of the president’s schemes. Several lawsuits were filed in 2026 against Trump’s schemes to benefit his bottom line by reducing potential tax

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