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by halviti 3732 days ago
Sort of. He signed his 50% share over to his wife the day before that law went into effect, so 'technically' he didn't violate it.

Luckily the public doesn't care much for these sort of technicalities as everyone can see the obvious conflict of interest that was trying to be hidden.

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I'm not sure he even violated the spirit of that law. The offshore company in question was set up by his independently wealthy wife in order to invest her family fortune, and if the authors of that law didn't think politicians' partners' investments needed disclosing, well...