The Malaysian mission to the UN says it is not currently renting a unit in Trump World Tower.
The US State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments, including Malaysia, to rent luxury condominiums in New York’s Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress, according to documents and people familiar with the leases, a potential violation of the US Constitution’s emoluments clause.
“This new information raises serious questions about the President and his businesses’ potential receipt of payments from foreign governments,” Cummings said in a statement toA State Department spokesperson referredto the Justice Department because the subject involved “matters related to ongoing litigation.” The Justice Department declined to comment. The White House referred a request for comment to the State Department and the Trump Organization, which did not comment.
The governments of Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Thailand and the European Union got the green light to rent a combined eight units in Trump World Tower and followed through with leases, according to other documents viewed byFive of those governments - Kuwait, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and the European Union - had also sought to rent units there in 2015 and 2016, State Department records showed.
When privately-owned units are leased, their owners typically use the rental income to cover those common charges, according to unit owners and real estate experts interviewed byThe revenue Trump draws from foreign government business at his properties, such as the recently opened Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, has sparked lawsuits by US lawmakers and the attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia, alleging this income violates the emoluments clause.
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