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Emoluments Lawsuit Moves A Step Closer To Trump

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NPR said:
Emoluments Lawsuit Moves A Step Closer To Trump

he attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia want the legal authority to get any communications between President Trump and officials of foreign or U.S. state governments pertaining to his Trump International Hotel near the White House.

The proposal is one of several for "document discovery" in the historic civil suit against the president. As plaintiffs, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine and Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh can seek documents to bolster their complaints. They made their proposals Friday in a filing in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md.

The suit alleges that Trump has violated two anti-corruption provisions of the Constitution: the Foreign Emoluments Clause, which bars federal officials from accepting gifts or rewards from foreign government officials, and the Domestic Emoluments Clause, which prohibits the president from accepting benefits from state governments.

U.S. District Court Judge Peter Messitte ruled in July that the attorneys general had legal standing to sue. This is the first emoluments case in American history to go to trial.
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Hopefully the US Government can get some recovery of funds. The walls are closing in Trump nation, best find some better CTs I guess....:lamo
 
One step closer...still several miles away.


Hold your breath, everybody.
 
KevinKohler said:
One step closer...still several miles away.


Hold your breath, everybody.
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Yeah, there are still a lot of people to throw under the bus before it gets to Trump himself.
 
I am sure this will finish Trump like all the other schemes the "resist" movement has tried!
How many times have we heard this song and dance?

#999Failedattempts
 
Common Sense 1 said:
I am sure this will finish Trump like all the other schemes the "resist" movement has tried!
How many times have we heard this song and dance?

#999Failedattempts
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The judge evidently doesn't know what the emoluments clause is.
It was a obama or clinton appointee that allowed it to go forward.
another judge threw out the same case citing lack of standing.

so there you have it.

The foreign emoluments clause -- in Article I, Section 9 -- reads, "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."

someone coming into a hotel and buying a hotel room is not an emolument as they are paying for it. it is a business transaction.
He is not receiving any gifts from people.

More so the hotel is not even operated by him.

just another clown and pony show.
Presidents have always made money through the power of the office.

This is nothing new. The faux outrage is just that. they also have conducted business, investments and other things while in office.
 
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