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Originally Posted by Bladewire
This is big because it's not payments for a room at a hotel. This is foreign agents directly paying a company Trump hasn't divested, so it's basically a black and white constitutional violation.Trump directly benefits from their foreign agent money.
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I think actually, both would be big. Whether its a room at his Hotel for a few thousand dollars or something bigger, the law is still being broken.
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Originally Posted by Bladewire
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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
If they are just paying fair market rent for commercial property this lawsuit is frivolous and will be dismissed.
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It's not that simple. This is a violation of the US constitution's emoluments clause, which "prevents any ?
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.?"
Donald Trump faces lawsuit accusing him of violating US constitution by accepting foreign payments | The Independent
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Originally Posted by onwebcam
Besides the fact he is a landlord taking payments from tenants. I take it you missed the part where he put everything into a trust to be managed by his sons? Also the fact that he did that even though he didn't have to?
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It was supposed to sell it all, or put it into a Blind Trust. Giving it to his sons is not a blind trust. A blind Trust is
a financial arrangement in which a person in public office gives the administration of private business interests to an independent trust in order to prevent conflict of interest. Under the trust, the owner does not know how the assets are managed.
To Trump's credit, putting everything into a blind trust is very hard for him to do. (
Read this to learn why). He still should have done it, and he never should have been allowed to take office without doing it first.