Congressional Democrats announce lawsuit over foreign payments

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By KARMA ALLEN and TOM KUTSCH
Jun 14, 2017, 6:16 AM ET

... The congressional lawsuit alleges that Trump through his business interests has been in violation of the Constitution's emoluments clause, which prohibits government officials from accepting foreign gifts or payments without consent from Congress, since he took office in January.

The 196 members of Congress who have thus far joined the complaint — 30 from the Senate and 166 from the House of Representatives — say in the suit that they seek to "obtain relief from the president's continuing violation of the foreign emoluments clause," which they say was included in the Constitution, in part, to prevent foreign influence in government. A copy of the suit was published Tuesday night by the Constitutional Accountability Center, a Washington, D.C., legal organization that is filing on behalf of the congressional plaintiffs.

The suit is set to be filed in U.S. district court on Wednesday ...

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/200-congressional-democrats-announce-lawsuit-trump-foreign-payments/story?id=48024824

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1. Thank You! Goood Work, Dems.

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