Appeals court allows Trump emoluments case to move forward
Source: The Hill
A federal appeals court in New York on Friday ruled that a lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating the Emoluments Clause can proceed after a lower court had thrown out the case.
A panel of judges with the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which has alleged that the president violated the constitutional clause by refusing to put his business assets in a blind trust while in office and profiting off the presidency.
But the case had been dismissed by a lower court in December 2017.
"Plaintiffs have plausibly pleaded that the Presidents ownership of hospitality businesses that compete with them will induce government patrons of the hospitality industry to favor Trump businesses over those of the Plaintiffs so as to secure favorable governmental action from the President and Executive branch," Judge Pierre Leval wrote in the decision.
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/administration/461278-appeals-court-allows-trump-emoluments-case-to-move-forward
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)Make that shit-stain in the Oval Office pay back every penny he stole from taxpayers, and put him in jail for profiting because of his position. He's a disgrace and the biggest criminal to ever enter the White House. When he leaves he'll be the biggest criminal to ever leave the White House. When he leaves I hope it's in shackles, and that his next address has "Federal Correctional Institution" somewhere in the address.
riversedge
(70,185 posts)I have read my limit but WPost would have a good article on this.
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