Trump making a lot of money off his job leading the nation: Cummings

The White House said in response the claims are 'completely baseless, but we cannot comment further about ongoing litigation'

President Donald Trump is making “a lot of money” off his job leading the nation, the new Democratic chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee said as the panel gears up for possible probes into the chief executive and his administration.

“It’s not OK,” Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, said in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” Sunday, according to a transcript provided in advance by the network.

The issue is whether Trump is benefiting through increased revenue at his hotels, golf courses and other business ventures, and the public ought to know whether the president is making a deal “in