Taunting Tweet By Trump Figured In Ruling Allowing Emoluments Suit To Go Forward
Source: Huff post
11/04/2018 01:40 am ET Updated 1 hour ago
President challenged John Brennan to sue him, so why should litigation over foreign payments to Trump International Hotel bother him, the judge wondered.
By Mary Papenfuss
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U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte of Maryland refused a Justice Department request to halt the lawsuit against Trump, which accuses him of violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution. The clause bars federal officials from accepting gifts or benefits from foreign officials or governments.
The case, filed by the attorneys general of Maryland and Washington D.C., says Trump is profiting from his Trump International Hotel in the District of Columbia, where foreign governments and leaders can curry favor with the president via pricey bookings and parties in his hotel. The ruling Friday means that the plaintiffs will likely move quickly to obtain income and business documents from the president, and possibly tax returns, which Trump has yet to release.
One of the arguments the Justice Department used against the suit was that it would be a burden and too much of a “distraction” for the president to deal with while running the country.
But Messitte noted in his ruling that the “president himself appears to have had little reluctance to pursue personal litigation despite the supposed distractions it imposes upon his office.” ..................................
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Suck it up Trump!!
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