{"id":117371,"date":"2021-02-03T23:22:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T04:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117371"},"modified":"2021-02-04T08:28:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T13:28:52","slug":"scottish-parliament-rejects-proposal-to-investigate-trumps-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scottish-parliament-rejects-proposal-to-investigate-trumps-finances\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Parliament Rejects Proposal to Investigate Trump\u2019s Finances"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscottish-parliament-rejects-proposal-to-investigate-trumps-finances%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=117371&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Scottish Parliament on Wednesday rejected a motion calling for the government to use the court to investigate the source of former U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s funding that allowed him to purchase of two properties in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Harvie, co-leader of the Scottish Green Party, brought forward a motion calling on ministers to seek an \u201cunexplained wealth order\u201d (UWO) against Trump over his acquisition of properties in Scotland before his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Trump bought land in Aberdeen in 2006 and developed it into a golf course. In 2014, he also bought the renowned Turnberry golf resort.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/news\/politics\/msps-reject-calls-unexplained-wealth-order-donald-trumps-finances-3123142\">According<\/a> to\u00a0The Scotsman, Scottish justice secretary Humza Yousaf said that while he found Trump to be a \u201cdeplorable individual,\u201d\u00a0he stressed, \u201cWe rightly have a separation of the political and law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Mr. Harvie is right that ministers could apply [for a UWO], I don\u2019t think it would be right for Scottish ministers individually or collectively, other than the Lord Advocate, to become personally involved in the pursuit of an investigation into any one individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that such a move would be an \u201cabuse of power\u201d that would \u201cfatally undermine our justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yousaf pushed for an amendment to the motion, emphasising that there \u201cmust not be political interference in the enforcement of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yousaf also said there\u2019s no way to know if the country\u2019s Civil Recovery Unit (CRU) was actually investigating Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we have evidence that there were illicit funds involved \u2026 we could look at one,\u201d a spokesman for the\u00a0National Crime Agency said regarding the possibility of it seeking a UWO against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The UK introduced UWOs in 2018 to help authorities target the illicit wealth of foreign officials suspected of corruption and laundering money through Britain. If a suspect fails to show a legitimate source for their fortune, authorities can go to court to seize assets.<\/p>\n<p>A vote of 89 to 32 defeated Harvie\u2019s motion.<\/p>\n<p>Harvie had described Trump as \u201can untrustworthy dishonest, racist, conspiracy theorist\u201d and alleged there were longstanding concerns about how Trump financed the purchases of his properties in cash. He was supported by\u00a0Labour\u2019s Colin Smyth and Alex Rowley, who also spoke in the debate before the vote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3684387 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Eric-Trump-Scotland-Turnbrry-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Turnberry, Scotland\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-eric-trump\">Eric Trump<\/a> and his wife Lara attend the opening of Trump Turnberry\u2019s new golf course, the \u201cKing Robert The Bruce\u201d course in Turnberry, Scotland, on June 28, 2017. (Jeff J Mitchell\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s son Eric, the executive vice president of the Trump Organization, responded to Harvie\u2019s claims the day before the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a critical time when politicians should be focused on saving lives and reopening businesses in Scotland, they are focused on advancing their personal agendas,\u201d the younger Trump said in a statement. \u201cPatrick Harvie is nothing more than a national embarrassment with his pathetic antics that only serve himself and his political agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Harvie and the rest of the Scottish Government continue to treat overseas investors like this, it will deter future investors from conducting business in Scotland, ultimately crushing their economy, tourism and hospitality industries,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also said that Trump Organization had\u00a0\u201cinvested hundreds of millions of dollars into the Scottish economy\u201d and \u201ccreated thousands of jobs\u201d at both Aberdeenshire and Turnberry, while rescuing Turnberry, a \u201cnational treasure on the brink of collapse,\u201d into \u201cone of the finest resorts anywhere in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>None of Trump\u2019s companies in Scotland have yet to turn a profit after purchasing and operating the properties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, both courses have been recognized for their iconism with countless accolades. Trump Turnberry and Trump International Scotland have topped the charts in the Top 100 Best Golf Courses in the World, and both properties received the highest accolades in the Top 100: UK and Ireland\u2019s Best Golf Courses and Resorts, with Turnberry at No. 1 and Aberdeen following at No. 2,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The Scotsman reported that Trump\u2019s Aberdeenshire resort directly employs 84 staff while his Turnberry golf course directly employs 541 staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump Organization didn\u2019t respond to The Epoch Times\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reuters contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Parliament on Wednesday rejected a motion calling for the government to use the court to investigate the source of former U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s funding that allowed him &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4235,5207,5210,5009,5204,3794],"class_list":["post-117371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-investigate","tag-parliament","tag-proposal","tag-rejects","tag-scottish","tag-trumps"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}