Washington – Ethics Lawyers To Sue Trump Over Foreign Payments

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    U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he leaves the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters after delivering remarks during a visit in Langley, Virginia U.S., January 21, 2017.  REUTERS/Carlos Barria -Washington – A group including former White House ethics attorneys will file a lawsuit on Monday accusing President Donald Trump of allowing his businesses to accept payments from foreign governments, in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

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    Deepak Gupta, a Supreme Court litigator working on the case, said the lawsuit would allege that the Constitution’s emoluments clause forbids payments to Trump’s businesses. It will seek a court order forbidding Trump from accepting such payments, he said.

    The case, reported earlier by the New York Times, is part of a wave of litigation expected to be filed against Trump by liberal advocacy groups. It will be filed in a Manhattan federal court, Gupta said, and plaintiffs will include Richard Painter, a former ethics lawyer in Republican President George W. Bush’s White House.

    A Trump spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.

    Trump’s son Eric Trump, an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, told the Times on Sunday that the company had taken more steps than required by law to avoid any possible legal exposure, such as agreeing to donate any profits collected at Trump-owned hotels that come from foreign government guests to the U.S. Treasury.

    “This is purely harassment for political gain,” Trump told the newspaper.


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    hashomer
    hashomer
    7 years ago

    Yeah, so Trump Jr. said they did more than required re his many conflicts of interest. Just like Trump fulfilled his frequent promise to reveal his tax returns, and had no problems w the ficticious Trump University, which he paid out a $25 million settlement because he’s such a nice guy. Emoluments. It’s in The Constitution, which he never read. Fox in the chicken coop, but this chicken coop is occupied by an AMERICAN EAGLE!

    Sam23
    Sam23
    7 years ago

    This Richard Painter guy (so called “ethics lawyer” from Bush, was a never trumper from the beginning, now hes a sore loser crybaby. I wonder what he’s afraid of? Maybe the corrupt deals he did as ethics lawyer being uncovered. Drain the swamp.

    marcia
    marcia
    7 years ago

    Now that is an oxymoron if I ever heard one..”Ethics Lawyers…?” REALLY?!