Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd talks with Richard Painter, former chief White House ethics lawyer under former President George W. Bush, about the new $1 gold-colored coins featuring President Trump’s portrait in honor of the country’s 250th birthday.
Are they legal, and is there a precedent for a sitting president to be featured on currency?
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