May 15, 2018

Trump Is Openly Defying The Emoluments Clause Of The Constitution, Basically Saying He Is Above The Law! And The GOP Are Helping Him!

Background:
1. GOP's Height Of Hypocrisy 7: The Executive Order & Dictator/Tyrant Hypocrisy
2. Proofs That Trump Is Nothing But A Dictator, And Tyrant, At Heart
3. The Case For Impeaching The Trump Administration For The Emoluments Clause And Other High Crimes And Misdemeanors

Trump has made it clear that he thinks its his right as President to violate his oath of office to defend the Constitution by breaking the Emoluments clause and the GOP has made it clear that they will support any Constitutional violations to push thier bills. This post outlines this info.
Article 1Section 9Clause 8. 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.

Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8

press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/a1_9_8.html

TRUMP RECEIVES A MASSIVE LAWSUIT FOR HIS BIRTHDAY 6/14/2017 Nearly 200 Democratic lawmakers slap President Trump with a lawsuit accusing him of violating the Constitution's anti-corruption emoluments clause.


More violations...

News Report: White House can’t explain how Chinese financing of Trump-linked project doesn’t violate Constitution "I'll have to refer you to the Trump Organization."
Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah cannot explain how the Trump Organization’s involvement in a project in Indonesia partially financed by the Chinese government adheres to the Constitution’s emoluments clause and Trump’s personal promise not to pursue new foreign business deals while he’s president.
“The Trump Organization is involved in a project in Indonesia building hotels, golf courses, residences — it is getting up to $500 million in backing from the Chinese government,” Noah Bierman of the Los Angeles Times said during Monday’s press briefing. “Can you explain the administration’s position on A, how this doesn’t violate the emoluments clause; and B, how this wouldn’t violate the president’s own promise that his private organization would not be getting involved in new foreign deals while he was president?”
Shah didn’t even attempt to answer Bierman’s question. “I’ll have to refer you to the Trump Organization,” he said.
Bierman pushed back, pointing out to Shah that “the Trump Organization can’t speak on behalf of the president as the president — the head of the federal government, the one who is responsible, who needs to assure the American people, and they don’t have that responsibility.”





Daily Beast: Obama Ethics Official: Trump Violated the Emoluments Clause


The Hill: House Dem: Money at the heart of Trump’s decisions on China, Russia, Turkey

Trump's tweet, which said that ZTE's failure had cost too many Chinese jobs, was unusual for a president that has long boasted about putting "America first" and bringing jobs back to the U.S.
HuffPost reported on Monday that just days before Trump announced that he would work to save ZTE, the Chinese government agreed to put as much as $500 million in loans into a theme park and resort in Indonesia. The Trump Organization reportedly has a deal to license the Trump name to the project.

Thinkprogress: Qatar paid $6.5 million for a condo in Trump World Tower Qataris splashed the cash just weeks after a judge dismissed a separate Trump-related emoluments case.

Call it impeccable timing: A federal judge in January tossed a lawsuit claiming Donald Trump was in violation of a constitutional ban against using the presidency for financial gain from foreign governments. Less than a month later, Qatar shelled out a cool $6.5 million for new digs in the Trump World Tower in Manhattan. The January 17 real estate transaction focuses new attention on what the aforementioned lawsuit sought to prevent: violations of the constitution’s emoluments clause.


TRUMP AND THE EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE: LITIGATORS GONNA LITIGATE - Donald Trump is being sued for allegedly violating the Emoluments Clause, but given the president's prior track record in court, Jordan knows that his boy can't lose.





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