"Trump Businesses Reportedly Benefit From Deregulatory Actions"

"President Trump could stand to personally profit from the regulations he’s rolling back, according to a new report Wednesday.

Among those actions is the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to repeal the Waters of the U.S. rule, which gives the agency the authority to prevent pollution in fresh water wetlands and streams.

Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Rick Claypool, a research director in the president's office of the nonprofit Public Citizens, detailed six deregulatory actions Trump could financially benefit from given his refusal to fully divest from his business empire.

'In several instances, Trump’s financial interests are directly at odds with protecting the public it is his administration’s duty to serve,' Cicilline and Claypool wrote in the report."

Lydia Wheeler reports for The Hill October 11, 2017.