Back in January last year, Donald Trump, newly elected, and not yet sworn in,tried to quell concerns about his many conflicts of interest by declaring he would turn over the day-to-day running of his company to his sons. Did he follow through on that? Has he leveraged the presidency to enrich himself? Who are his partners? Who does he grasp money from? Trump has rejected the advice of ethics experts to divest himself from his enterprises. Hes also refused to release details about his finances (including, of course, and his tax records).
Our colleagues in the WNYC newsroom. Ilya Marritz and Andrea Bernstein together with Pro Publica’s Eric Umansky,experienced investigative journalists all, were researching these questions when they slammed into a wall: The documents with the answers were not available.
Their solution? A original weekly podcast of course, and called: Trump Inc. They’re calling it an “open investigation” because they’ll be laying out what they know and what they don’t. And they’re inviting everyone — fellow reports,experts, tipsters and listeners — to join them in the quest for answers.
Source: thetakeaway.org