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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 03:49 PM Feb 2017

Saudis foot tab at Trump hotel

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-hotel-saudi-arabia-234878

A lobbying firm working for Saudi Arabia paid for a room at Donald Trump’s Washington hotel after Inauguration Day, marking the first publicly known payment on behalf of a foreign government to a Trump property since he became president.

Qorvis MSLGroup, a communications firm that lobbies for the Saudis, has been organizing veterans and other activists to come to Washington to urge Congress to repeal the law letting 9/11 victims’ families sue the kingdom. Between 20 and 40 veterans, with the assistance of the advocacy group NMLB, stayed at the Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in December and January.

One of those veterans checked in on Jan. 23 and left on Jan. 26 at a rate of $250 to $325 a night plus tax, according to NMLB president Jason Johns. The bill was paid by Michael Gibson, a subcontractor to Qorvis representing the Saudis, according to disclosures filed with the Justice Department.

The Emoluments Clause of the Constitution prohibits U.S. officials from receiving payments from foreign governments. Lawyers started warning about the potential for violations at Trump’s Washington hotel and overseas properties after he won the election, but the clause didn’t start applying to Trump until he took office on Jan. 20.
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Saudis foot tab at Trump hotel (Original Post) steve2470 Feb 2017 OP
IMPEACH Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #1
Impeachment must include serious jail time in a serious prison BSdetect Feb 2017 #2
IMPEACH TRUMP NOW!!! meow2u3 Feb 2017 #3

BSdetect

(8,995 posts)
2. Impeachment must include serious jail time in a serious prison
Fri Feb 10, 2017, 04:05 PM
Feb 2017

Not some easy place.

Chain gang if possible.

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