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by chickenpotpie 1287 days ago
If the president of the United States is knowingly making a profit from the actions of a government employee and they do not interfer, then yes they should go to jail. The line is murkier when someone is just doing a bad job, but if someone is knowingly making money from illegal behavior they can easily put a stop to they should go to prison.
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> If the president of the United States is knowingly making a profit from the actions of a government employee and they do not interfer, then yes they should go to jail.

This would be a great argument for abolishing the IRS.

No it isn't. Taxes don't go into the president's pocket.