Lawyer Oyer – Trump is looting our country. He just gave us (more) proof. “This week [May 17, 2026], Trump filed a government ethics disclosure known as Form 278-T. It’s a roadmap to the corruption and conflicts of interest that have pervaded his presidency. Call me old fashioned, but it continues to surprise me that so much of the corruption that pervades the Trump presidency is out in the open for all who care to see it. This week, a new web of conflicts of interest was revealed, in an official report the President filed with the Office of Government Ethics. It’s a catalog of thousands of individual stock trades made by the President earlier this year. Skim it and you’ll find it hard to avoid the conclusion that, to Donald Trump, governing is synonymous with profiteering. To save you some effort, I’m breaking down the highlights here, along with some legal background and suggested action items and reforms…

• The report in question is called a Form 278-T, also known as a Periodic Transaction Report. Executive Branch officials, including the President, are legally required to complete Form 278-T every time they buy or sell a stock or bond worth more than $1,000. The form is submitted to the Office of Government Ethics, which reviews and publishes these disclosures in a searchable database…”