The lawsuit is against Trump in terms of his duties and obligations as President but not directly resulting from any such action or obligation. For example, he’s not being sued because he approved a drone attack that went awry. His alleged violation of the Clause is a personal act, not an act committed in terms of his actual duties. So what I’m trying to ask is does he need a personal lawyer or will the Government (DoJ) have to defend him?As it appears the DoJ is defending him, I’m not sure that they should be. Obviously I’m not a lawyer.
Well, of course he’s using DOJ to defend his grifting ass. This, after all, is the President who thinks the AG is supposed to be his very own consigliere.
Since we’re dealing with his personal acts, my assumption is that it’s not proper or legal for DOJ to defend him against conduct that violates constitutional prohibitions regarding such business. But I don’t think there’s precedent: No one before him has so nakedly sought to profit from the Presidency.
His Hotel in the Old Federal Post Office Building really pisses me off. He violated the plain language of the federal lease and regularly encourages foreign diplomats to stay there. Mothrfcker.
God, it seems so long ago that the IG report saying he wasn’t in violation came out and my head nearly exploded.
How have I managed to put my head back together so many times since?
Right. The GOP Congress did shit about it. Mustn’t let the Law and Constitution get in the way of the 1%'s agenda.
If this fucker doesn’t leave the White House broke and in an orange jumpsuit this nation doesn’t deserve to survive until 2021.
I’m still disappointed the Cockholster Hotel liquor license wasn’t revoked. It’s beyond all reason that the that he (or his family) meets the definition of “good character.”
The good news is that the license will be reviewed in March.
Citing a technicality, a Washington, D.C., board on Wednesday refused to review a liquor license held by Trump International Hotel to determine whether the building’s owner, President Donald Trump, meets the “good character” test required to serve alcohol in the city.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board questioned the timing of a complaint against the hotel, saying a character review couldn’t be conducted until the hotel applies to renew its license in March.
[source: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/12/trump-hotels-liquor-license-816455]
So, in Discovery I assume the plaintiffs get copies of his tax returns - how and when do these get made public ? Also what will be the relief - can the Court force Trump to divest the assets that are at the heart of his Emoluments violations ?
Since there are two separate cases on this, I wonder what the next steps are? I suppose both are/will advance their legal actions and Trump will appeal these rulings and ask for a stay until the appeals court (interestingly enough, the one that Kavanaugh presently sits on) will decide. This is another case where the outcome of this nomination will impact the result.
thank goodness for duct tape
Does wonders for my hair, even as it holds my skull together.
I would be very happy if they would not renew the liquor license for the “Grift Lodge”. That would keep a lot of people out of there.
Interestingly there doesn’t seem to be any penalty for violating this clause, so I guess whatever amounts of “profit” were received from foreign governments at his sites would be forfeited to the US Treasury?
Besides that, I’m fairly certain this Congress could easily pass a law allowing him to keep these ill-gotten gains prior to the midterms.
Obama gave him a very good piece of advice when they were meeting before the inauguration, get a good personal lawyer and listen to their advice. Just another thing of Obama’s that Trump has decided to blow up.
Good question. He should divest and put the resulting assets into a blind trust like every other POTUS before him has done, but that doesn’t address the past violations where I think the only remedy afforded by the Constitution is impeachment, trial, and removal.