Posted on 08/16/2017 9:33:55 AM PDT by george76
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley is demanding plaintiffs of three separate lawsuits filed against President Trump, who claim the president violated an obscure Constitutional provision known as the Emoluments Clause, should also consider investigating violations allegedly committed by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, since the basis of their lawsuits also implicate the former presidential candidate. The clause prohibits any person holding office from receiving gifts or payments from foreign governments without the consent of Congress and the chairman says the overwhelming evidence against Clinton should be made part of the ongoing lawsuits, which he says are both "partisan and narrow."
The Republican senator from Iowa also urged members of Congress to work with his committee to determine "whether legislation may be necessary to force agencies to remedies when the Clause is violated" and provided a litany of evidence he suggests shows that joint tax returns filed by Hillary Clinton and her husband President Bill Clinton revealed millions of dollars in financial earnings from foreign governments and entities connected to foreign governments.
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Since Secretary Clinton filed joint tax returns with her husband, she received a direct financial and economic benefit from his income. Accordingly, based on the scope of the Clause outlined in your complaint, Secretary Clinton appears to have received emoluments that were not validated by congressional consent."
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Grassley said there were "multiple examples of potential corruption in the relationship between Clinton Foundation donors—both foreign and domestic—and the State Department during Secretary Clinton’s tenure. Specifically, in August 2016, I noted that foreign governments donated heavily to the Clinton Foundation while simultaneously lobbying the State Department."
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Grassley argues that if Trump is investigated under the clause, then it must apply to Clinton as well, whose joint tax returns raise serious questions.
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Too bad Grassley wasn’t more vocal in the past about some of these things (Clinton corruption, for example), but at least I give him some credit now for speaking out lately.
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