Appeals court taking on whether Trump is violating the Constitution with his business dealings

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The arguments in the so-called foreign emoluments case test largely uncharted areas of constitutional law.

A federal appeals court is set to wrestle on Tuesday with the legal future of a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating the Constitution by profiting from his business dealings with foreign countries seeking to curry favor with his administration.

At the outset of Trump’s presidency, many ethics experts urged him to divest himself of his far-flung business empire, but he refused. Instead, Trump turned over day-to-day control of his businesses to two of his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. Last March, the Trump Organization announced that it had donated just over $151,000 to the U.S. Treasury to divest what the firm said were its profits associated with foreign-government business.

During Trump’s inauguration in 2017, lobbyists working for the Saudi government paid more than $270,000 to put U.S. veterans up in hotel rooms at the Trump hotel in D.C. as part of an effort to defeat legislation that allows victims to pursue lawsuits against the Saudi regime over its alleged involvement in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

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Witch hunt continues n expands! Pres harassment!

remind me again y th conflicted, overworkd, demoralizd and taxpayer fundd DOJ is representng individual1 (& trump org 4 tht matter) in a lawsuit 4 an illegally obtained loan/business issue when he was a private citizen & WARNED about this conflict of interest. FreetheDOJ Sad

My vote is yes.

Leave the President alone . Go bite up someone else for awhile . Damn you people are petty and sore losers . Let the man breathe he's trying to do a job . His plate is full . Give it a rest . Lay the hell off. You people look like fools !!!!!! MAGA/KAG2020.

The emoluments clause will undo this vile human. Let’s go!

MiraclesArt Exactly when did all of our laws change that allows this buffoon of a man to do anything that he wants

He is

Bullshit, again.

realDonaldTrump stevenmnuchin1 HouseGOP SenateGOP CNNPolitics NBCNews FoxNews ABC I believe this is the first President/Politician who donates his salary & also loses his wealth in public service! Obama & Clinton’s worth $50/100m? Investigate!

The only individual he has violated in this story is Hillary Clinton, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha🇺🇸

He is.

realDonaldTrump stevenmnuchin1 HouseGOP SenateGOP CNNPolitics NBCNews FoxNews ABC I believe this is the first President/Politician who donates his salary & also loses his wealth in public service! Obama & Clinton’s worth ..$50/100?

We're so tied up in court the important business of the country doesn't get done!

Trump treats the U.S. Constitution like Bush43. Bush43 stated. 'The U.S Constitution just a peice of US paper'!

WBLS1075NYC Lock him up!!!!

I’m sure there are NUMEROUS examples of this realDonaldTrump should be on s Valium Drip

realDonaldTrump is the most notorious criminal ever.

There's the legal issues. Then there's the moral issues of what he's doing.

So I believe he should get eight years in office that another eight years in office after that then the country will be great again

Yeah it's a no brainer DT violated the Constitution

I think after the 2020 election when Trump does his second term he needs to do two more times because he won’t have to fight so hard to get something done specially what is shadow government over the Democrat

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