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A 'major news conference' on December 15 about leaving his business

Late
“[paraphrase] I will hold a major news conference in New York with my children on December 15 to discuss the fact that I will be leaving my great business in total order.”
Promised
, Twitter, during the presidential transition
Stated deadline
“December 15 (a 15-day self-set deadline)” → December 15, 2016
Re-promised
2 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Transparency & records
Era
2016 campaign

What happened

He cancelled on December 12, 2016 and pushed it to January. The press conference finally happened on January 11, 2017, where he announced he would hand management to his sons via a trust but would not divest — an arrangement the director of the Office of Government Ethics publicly called inadequate that same day.

Sources

  1. Donald Trump Delays Announcement on Business to January TIME, Dec 12, 2016
  2. President-Elect Trump Postpones Business Conflicts Announcement NPR, Dec 12, 2016
  3. Donald Trump postpones news conference until January CNN Money, Dec 12, 2016