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jmowreader

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27. The emoluments clause may not be the way to go

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 12:58 PM

Oct 2019

It says the president can’t take money from foreign entities without the consent of Congress. The GOP-led Senate lets Trump do anything he wants, so he’s safe.

There are SERIOUS contracting-law violations (chief among them being that you can’t award a contract to yourself) that Trump has committed here.

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Despite reversal, Trump's Doral promotion will now be used against him in court [View all] demmiblue Oct 2019 OP

Good for the Dems. Keep the pressure on Trump. riversedge Oct 2019 #1

This! yuiyoshida Oct 2019 #11

Also the question of the procurement process. yellowcanine Oct 2019 #2

We need to hit Mulvaney too. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #3

Gross conflict for OMB director to also be Chief of Staff. yellowcanine Oct 2019 #6

+1 crickets Oct 2019 #17

K&R orangecrush Oct 2019 #4

It should also be an article of impeachment eom Maeve Oct 2019 #5

Somehow 'at cost' for G7 meeting becomes 'no charge' --- after cancellation. keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #7

AFAIK there was no discussion of "at cost" OR "free" until after they were called on it. thesquanderer Oct 2019 #8

The grand scope of why Turd45 tried to use his Doral property for the G7 summit. aggiesal Oct 2019 #22

He's tweeted repeatedly that he only withdrew his self-dealt contract at Dork-ale due to pushback flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #9

Foreign Leaders were saying they were not using their True Blue American Oct 2019 #12

Let's not clog up the courts with suits against tRUMP. We need to leave room on dockets for abqtommy Oct 2019 #10

Get rid of Trump first,then go after the rest. Barr needs to lose his license. True Blue American Oct 2019 #13

Last time this happened literally dozens had their day in court. gordianot Oct 2019 #18

And many went to jail True Blue American Oct 2019 #20

What I almost expect this time is a Trump deal. gordianot Oct 2019 #21

Trump is not going to True Blue American Oct 2019 #24

BREAKING: Courts to dive into 'phony' emoluments clause(s). demmiblue Oct 2019 #14

Isn't it conspiracy to commit, anyway? SCVDem Oct 2019 #15

+1. Trump prefers to brazenly commit felonies in broad daylight on national television dalton99a Oct 2019 #25

There are plenty of other evidence of Trump emoluments violations... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #16

And let's not forget about his Scotland resoert. n/t Mr.Bill Oct 2019 #23

Right. It was a huge free INFOMERCIAL promoting his Captain Zero Oct 2019 #19

If you like bedbugs C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #26

The emoluments clause may not be the way to go jmowreader Oct 2019 #27