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"Richard Blumenthal, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, No. 1:17-cv-01154 (D.D.C. 2017), is a casepending before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.How many Senate Republicans will stake their electoral futures on the honesty of Donald Trump and his family members?
These are the senators facing re-election fights in 2020 - CNNPolitics
"Democrats faced a more challenging Senate map in 2018 than Republicans, in part because they had more seats up for election. But in 2020, the GOP will have to defend more Senate seats than Democrats. As of now, there will be 22 Republican Senate seats on the line, while Democrats will only need to protect 12 seats..."
"Republicans
Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee)
Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia)
Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana)
Susan Collins (R-Maine)
John Cornyn (R-Texas)
Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas)
Steve Daines (R-Montana)
Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming)
Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
Cory Gardner (R-Colorado)
Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi)... "
James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma)
Jon Kyl (R-Arizona)..."
Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
David Perdue (R-GA)
Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
Pat Roberts (R-Kansas)
Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota)
Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska)
Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina)"
Foreign emoluments?
Domestic emoluments?
Obviously, all politicians are corrupt, since they could never raise enough money to get elected if they didn't follow ruling class scripture.
But Trump's presidency rests on a foundation of fraud that will likely crumble over the next 19 months.
Will Republicans sacrifice their party on the altar of Trump?
I sure hope so.
Georgie, you are in a very small minority if you believe that any politician has integrity, dumkopf!Name a politician who's told as many lies as Trump has over the past two years:
The New York Times used a full page to print all of 'Trump's lies' since taking office
Remember when Trump railed against corruption on the campaign trail? He lied about that too. He not only only refused to divest from the more than 500 businesses he owns, he set up a trust (administered by his sons) that he can withdraw money from at any time.
Anyone claiming to be concerned about the hypocrisy and corruption of Clinton and Obama who supports Trump is a hypocrite, at best.
Its ridiculous for the NY Times to claim anyone "lies", their own record of lying dates back a century.
As far as "divesting", that would be silly. The Trump Organization is the family business that feeds not just Trump but also his children and grandchildren. There is no reason to leave a whole family destitute just because the patriarch is serving as President. The Kennedy family didn't divest when they served.
As far as whether the Trump family will be enriched by the Presidency, probably not as much as others. Remember the Obama Crime Family's wealth increased a hundredfold during their reign of error. I don't think Trump will get that kind of gain at all.Have you conveniently forgotten about the POTUS salary?
Donald Trump: All the President's Profits
"The overlap between Trump's business activities and his role as president has given rise to allegations that he is leveraging his office for personal gain.
"These charges are laid out in a series of lawsuits, which allege that Trump is violating the Emoluments Clauses of the US Constitution, by accepting payments or benefits from foreign states as well as federal and state governments.
"The attorney general for the District of Columbia, Karl Racine, calls the Emoluments Clauses the United States' 'oldest anti-corruption law.'
"With the attorney general of Maryland, Racine has brought a lawsuit (known as D.C. and Maryland v. Trump) focused on the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, and the payments or benefits from foreign and domestic governments the president may be receiving there."
Emoluments are defined as, basically a gift or bribe:
The emoluments clause, also called the foreign emoluments clause, is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift, payment, or other thing of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers, or representatives.
The "emoluments" lawsuit is in-progress, and it will be tied up in the courts indefinitely because of appeal after appeal after appeal. Even the founders had to have their own businesses, so normal business activities are not "emoluments".
D.C. and Maryland v. Trump - Wikipedia
"The plaintiffs, 30 Senators and 166 Representatives,[5] allege that the defendant, Donald Trump, is in violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause, a constitutional provision that bars the president or any other federal official from taking gifts or payments from foreign governments without the approval of Congress, of which the plaintiffs form a minority of about 35%...."
"Because Defendant has failed to come to Congress and seek consent before accepting foreign emoluments that have been confirmed through public reporting, it is impossible to know whether Defendant is accepting other foreign emoluments that have not yet been made public.
"Indeed, through his personal attorney, Defendant has indicated that he does not believe the Constitution requires him to seek or obtain Congress’s consent before accepting benefits arising out of exchanges between foreign states and his businesses."
Blumenthal v. Trump - Wikipedia
