Sean Hannity in January 2023: “There've never been any accusations that Donald Trump got paid by China or his children made deals with China”

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Sean Hannity in January 2023: "There've never been any accusations that Donald Trump got paid by China or his children made deals with China"

Sean Hannity in January 2023: "There've never been any accusations that Donald Trump got paid by China or his children made deals with China"

From the January 13, 2023, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Anyway, people that take classified material seriously don't stash their secret documents in a garage. And now I love how the media mob is contorting themselves trying to say, "Oh no, this is not comparable." Oh yes, it is comparable.

But the money makes it even worse. There've never been any accusations that Donald Trump got paid by China or his children made deals with China or deals with Ukraine. You know, Donald Trump never had to leverage a billion taxpayer dollars to get a Ukrainian prosecutor fired. Donald Trump never got – his kids never got money from a Russian oligarch or investment money from a Russian oligarch. That never happened.

Meanwhile:

Donald J. Trump’s businesses received at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments during his presidency, according to new documents released by House Democrats on Thursday that show how much he received from overseas transactions while he was in the White House, most of it from China.

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Using documents produced through a court fight, the report describes how foreign governments and their controlled entities, including a top U.S. adversary, interacted with Trump businesses while he was president. They paid millions to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.; Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas; Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York; and Trump World Tower at 845 United Nations Plaza in New York.

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“By elevating his personal financial interests and the policy priorities of corrupt foreign powers over the American public interest, former President Trump violated both the clear commands of the Constitution and the careful precedent set and observed by every previous commander in chief,” Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, wrote in a foreword to the report.

Among the countries patronizing Mr. Trump’s properties, China made the largest total payment — $5.5 million — to his business interests, the report found. Those payments included millions of dollars from China’s Embassy in the United States, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the Hainan Airlines Holding Company.