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New York (AFP) - A group of American lawyers on Monday filed a federal lawsuit in New York against Donald Trump, accusing the US president of violating a constitutional ban on accepting payments from foreign governments.
Trump dismissed the suit as "totally without merit."
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is pursuing Trump over his vast business holdings, from which the billionaire has refused to divest fully, saying that as president he can have no conflict of interest.
The decision not to divest has drawn fire from Democratic Party opponents and the government watchdog on ethics.
CREW says Trump's business properties abroad operate based partly on goodwill from foreign governments and regulators, but that under the US Constitution no federal official can receive a gift or "emolument" from a foreign government.
"Never before have the people of the United States elected a president with business interests as vast, complicated, and secret as those of Donald J. Trump," said the 37-page lawsuit.
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