In this article in The New York Times, Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout comments on the Trump Organization’s newest Middle East golf course and real estate deal involving a Qatari government-owned firm.
Zephyr Teachout, a professor of corporate and anticorruption law at Fordham Law School in New York, was part of a team that sued Mr. Trump during his first term for allegedly taking improper financial payments from foreign governments. The lawsuit, which Mr. Trump’s lawyers challenged, was deemed moot by the Supreme Court after Mr. Trump’s first term ended and before the case was decided. It has not been refiled.
Ms. Teachout said Mr. Trump’s latest actions are even more worrisome. “It is extremely troubling,” she said. “The Qatari government military and trade decisions are now unavoidably a part of the broader private negotiation over a real estate deal.”