Where are Trump's tax returns? Lawrence O'Donnell says we may be getting closer. Under "discovery" - Trump may be forced to produce his tax returns in the following court case.
A landmark case arguing that Trump has violated the Constitution by accepting foreign government money is going forward.
President Donald Trump is subject to the Constitution’s
emoluments clause, and any profit, gain or advantage that his hotel in Washington, D.C., obtains from a foreign or domestic government would implicate the clause, according to a
ruling by a federal court on Wednesday.
This decision, by Judge Peter Messitte for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, allows a lawsuit brought by the attorneys general of Maryland and Washington, D.C., to proceed against Trump, whose effort to dismiss the challenge was denied. The lawsuit claims that he is in violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which bars federal officeholders from receiving financial or material benefits from
foreign governments or
domestic government bodies.
“It’s a historic decision,” Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh told HuffPost. “The judge says that the emoluments are broad anti-corruption clauses and can be enforced in the courts.”
Court: Emoluments Clause Applies To Trump And His Hotel Profits