A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the attorneys general of Maryland & D.C. from gathering evidence in their lawsuit alleging that President Trump’s hotel is violating the Constitution’s ban on gifts or payments from foreign governments.
A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit that claims President Trump is violating the Constitution by accepting profits from foreign and domestic officials through his hotel in Washington.say government spending at the Trump International Hotel violates the Constitution’s emoluments clause.
The clause bans federal officials from accepting benefits from foreign or state governments without congressional approval.Trump’s lawyers argue that the emoluments clause only bars payments made in connection with services the president provides in his official capacity. They are challenging a Maryland federal judge’s decisionPolitics Newsletter
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