What Is the Emoluments Clause?
A liberal group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, DC has filed a lawsuit claiming President Trump has violated the emoluments clause.
A liberal group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, DC has filed a lawsuit claiming President Trump has violated the emoluments clause. The group believes the clause prohibits Trump-owned business from accepting payments from foreign governments.
What is the "emoluments clause"?
It is in Article I of the United States Constitution: "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State."
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