Trump lawyers, citing shutdown, ask court for delay in emoluments case

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Lawyers for President Donald Trump are invoking the government shutdown to seek a delay in a court case over claims that Trump is illegally profiting from business his Washington hotel does with foreign countries.

Justice Department attorneys representing Trump asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to postpone indefinitely all further filings in an appeal related to a suit that the governments of Maryland and Washington, D.C., filed over Trump’s alleged violation of the Constitution’s ban on foreign emoluments.

The government’s brief is not due until Jan. 22, but DOJ lawyers asked the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Richmond, Va., to put the appeal on ice until the shutdown ends.

“The Department does not know when funding will be restored by Congress,” Justice lawyers wrote. “Absent an appropriation, Department of Justice attorneys and employees are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in very limited circumstances, including ‘emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property’. … Undersigned counsel for the Department of Justice therefore requests a stay of briefing on the President’s mandamus petition until Congress has restored appropriations to the Department.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/26/trump-lawyers-shutdown-delay-emoluments-case-1075676

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Also, he's an orphan!

[NeoGreen]

1. This is from The Onion, right?...

...Right!?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. So Trump is using his own shutdown as an excuse to delay a lawsuit against him?

[SeattleVet]

3. Yep. That's about it, in a nutshell. nt

[LakeSuperiorView]

4. Department of Justice attorneys and employees should not be working on this any way.

He can pay for his own freaking defense.

[raging moderate]

5. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

No words left.

[Perseus]

6. The orange buffoon would gladly keep the shutdown until 2020 if he thought it would help him

What a crook!

That is why it is very scary that this guy has the code and can start a nuclear war any time, he has no concept of consequence and if he thought it will get Muller off his back he won't have any problem starting a war that could destroy the earth...the buffoon is a dangerous being.

[marybourg]

7. Justice department attorneys representing Trump???

What???

[Lock him up.]

8. Maybe it's a case against the POTUS for failing to respect his oath

to the COTUS? (CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES) so that's why he shut down the government... LOCK HIM UP!

[James48]

9. Another count-

Of Obstruction of Justice.

Of you shut down the government intentionally to slow or stop a court case against yourself, I’d say any jury would surely find Obstruction of Justice!

Where is the Grand Jury?

[Just a Weirdo]

10. Shutdown shmutdown.

No delay on the emoulments case, except finding Trump very, very uncool and guilty as hell.

[WhiteHat]

11. Ahem...

This is not a presidential issue per se, the issue is a potential crime committed by an individual acting to benefit "The Individual" in his his self-chosen personal capacity, without any Federal benefits. Therefore the Justice department has no standing for representation. If Trump wants representation, he'll have to pay for it.

If justice will be served... add it up for your own freakin' selves.