Posted on 03/21/2019 3:47:47 AM PDT by blueplum
Full Title; 'You even want him fired from 'The Apprentice,' don't you?' Appeals court judge tears into anti-Trump lawyer for arguing the president can't own successful D.C. hotel while he's in office
A federal appeals court on Tuesday grilled lawyers for the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia about their claims that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by accepting profits through foreign and domestic officials who stay at his Washington hotel. The three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals expressed skepticism about claims in a lawsuit that alleges Trump is violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits federal officials from accepting benefits from foreign or state governments without congressional approval. 'You even want him fired from 'The Apprentice,' don't you,' asked Judge Dennis Shedd...His question seemed to suggest the suit wanted to penalize Trump for being a successful business executive before he inhabited the Oval Office....[Deputy Assistant Attorney General Hashim Mooppan] said the plaintiffs are arguing that they've suffered injuries from competition when the emoluments clause was meant as a check against government corruption.
'There is no support for their broad definition,' he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The President is not in this for money, and the pennies that he makes from the one hotel in DC, is chump change compared to all the rest of his properties.
Lefties have been pushing this emoluments crap for a couple years now. Looks like its about to get definitively shut down.
0bungo clearly violated any and all of our constitution and the libs love him
Was Washington violating the emoluments clause when his farms were selling wheat to other countries when he was President?
-PJ
Did the Bushes sell all of their stocks and properties? They put them into a trust and the money kept flowing.
Rich people run for President. Duh.
People who earn their money should be prohibited from holding public office.
Only people collecting government checks can be trusted to treat the government properly.
Exactly. Doing business is not the same as accepting gifts and bribes.
But what do you expect from people who believe property is theft?
If you look it up Obama was the President with the most actions overturned by the Supreme Court in American history. Obama also stonewalled and tried to block more Freedom of Information requests than any President since the law went into effect.
Suggested remedy I saw in the article comments: Put up an “Americans only” sign at the hotel. That way, Trump won’t have to worry about making money off of foreigners.
Shedd’s got their number and made them dial it. To wit:
“Judge Dennis Shedd pressed her about whether anything short of divestment would resolve concerns about Trump violating the emoluments clause.
She said a declaration that Trump has violated the clause and an injunction ordering him not to do so could also be an option....And Shedd questioned if there was another possible motive, asking if a court declaration that the president violated the ‘emoluments’ clause would ‘be the basis for a high crime and misdemeanor for impeachment?’
‘I don’t believe so,’ AliKhan replied.”
ANY “declaration” by ANY “judge” ANYWHERE that Trump has “violated” ANYTHING (up to and including a parking ticket or overdue library book) would be elevated to the “high crimes and misdemeanors” that would justify his impeachment, in the hate-filled, insane empty minds of today’s national-socialist democrat party.
I may have to take out a loan and go stay there.
This is nuts.
The irony is that the taxpayers are paying big bucks for this scam.
"Nice comeback, Hashim."
See Pelosi > Star Kist Tuna interest > offshore.
Also see Kerry > Heinz interest
Carter > peanuts
Some senator has walnut trees
Etc, etc
Just how is that different from a president selling books which we all know is a long time DC money laundering fraud?
George Washington didn’t suspend his plantation operations while he was freeing this nation either...
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