--- ---  # Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of Interest by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:13 PM UTCPublished: Jan 11, 2017 5:16 PM UTC  President-elect Trump speaks during a news conference, on Jan. 11, 2017, in New York City. President-elect Trump speaks during a news conference, on Jan. 11, 2017, in New York City.Evan Vucci—AP by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 12:13 PM UTCPublished: Jan 11, 2017 5:16 PM UTC President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since July, addressing [plans for his upcoming Administration](http://time.com/4631607/donald-trump-supreme-court-justice-nominate-two-weeks/), [reports about ties to Russia](http://time.com/4631556/donald-trump-russia-fake-news-crap-sick-people/) and his plans for [addressing conflicts of interest with his business](http://time.com/4631597/donald-trump-business-separation/). Along with Trump, Vice President-elect Mike Pence, press secretary Sean Spicer and Morgan Lewis attorney Sheri Dillon spoke at the event. Below is a complete transcript of the event. --- > “” --- Donald Trump Press Conference: Read a Transcript ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4631551/donald-trump-press-conference-russia-ethics-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4631551/donald-trump-press-conference-russia-ethics-transcript/"},"headline":"Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of Interest","datePublished":"2017-01-11T17:16:46.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T12:13:33.000Z","description":"President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since July. Here is a transcript of the event.","url":"https://time.com/4631551/donald-trump-press-conference-russia-ethics-transcript/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Supreme Court","russia","White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt416e4c30be18c90f/6988b526bc6cfc13713dfc16/donald-trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt416e4c30be18c90f/6988b526bc6cfc13713dfc16/donald-trump3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump","caption":"Donald Trump","creditText":"Evan Vucci—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4631551/donald-trump-press-conference-russia-ethics-transcript/","name":"Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of Interest"}}]}] ```