CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/ETHICS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Trump Organization could be in hot legal water after ordering markers for its golf courses that feature the presidential seal, ProPublica reported Monday [3-5-18].
President Donald Trump’s namesake company ordered the new tee markers, complete with the presidential seal, in recent weeks. Federal law forbids the seal be used for anything other than official government business.
Eagle Sign and Design, which has offices in Indiana and Kentucky, told ProPublica that it received an order for dozens of 12-inch replicas of the presidential seal to be placed next to tee boxes at Trump courses…
ProPublica reviewed an order form that said the customer was ‘Trump International.’ At the same time, the company’s Facebook page showed the markers in an album titled ‘Trump International Golf Course.’
The law governing use of the seal comes with a criminal offense punishable by up to six months in prison. The Trump administration and Trump Organization declined to comment to ProPublica, while the Department of Justice declined to say whether it had any awareness that the seal was being used outside the government.”
-Allan Smith, “The Trump Organization may have broken the law after ordering golf course markers with the presidential seal,” Business Insider, Mar. 5, 2018