Donald Trump IS getting paid indirectly by people and countries using his property since he became President…
THAT IS a fact….
American President’s are NOT supposed to do that according to the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause…
Trump is gonna keep making money like this as long as he can…
A federal appeals court has resurrected the first lawsuit President Donald Trump faced over claims that his business dealings violated the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause, which bars federal officials receiving payments from foreign governments.
On Friday, a panel of the New York-based 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, 2-1, that a district court judge erred in 2017 when he dismissed a lawsuit challenging profits Trump has received from foreign officials doing business with his Washington, D.C., luxury hotel and other Trump-branded properties. The suit also took issue with Trump Organization licensing arrangements approved by foreign governments.
The new 2nd Circuit decision sharply rejected a ruling two months ago from another federal appeals court, the Richmond-based 4th Circuit, which tossed out a similar emoluments suit filed in Maryland.
Second Circuit Judge Pierre Leval said the 4th Circuit and his dissenting 2nd Circuit College Judge John Walker regarded the suits with too much skepticism because they appeared to be politically motivated.
“While it is certainly possible that these lawsuits are fueled in part by political motivations, we do not understand the significance of that fact,” wrote Leval, joined by Judge Christopher Droney. “While the existence of a political motivation for a lawsuit does not supply standing, nor does it defeat standing. … Whether a lawsuit has political motivations is irrelevant to these determinative issues.”
The New York-based suit was filed by the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on its own behalf, as well as on behalf of hotel and restaurant owners and workers who contended that they were suffering competitive harm from potential customers diverting their business to curry favor with Trump.
The judge who originally dismissed the CREW suit, George Daniels, said the plaintiffs’ claims of harm were too speculative and remote to let the suit go forward.
Prime Example’s?
The Air Force sent crews to President Trump’s Turnberry resort in Scotland up to 40 times since 2015, according to multiple media reports on Thursday, far more than was previously reported…
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The reports come as Vice President Pence is dealing with ongoing criticism over his stay at a Trump property in Doonbeg, Ireland, earlier this month, roughly 180 miles from Dublin, where he was participating in a series of meetings….