Judge Allows Trump Emoluments Case to Proceed
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to block a lawsuit alleging he is violating the Constitution by continuing to do business with foreign governments.
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Trump Emoluments Case Puts All 3 Branches to Work
Confronted by hundreds of Democratic lawmakers about the president’s sprawling business ties, Justice Department attorneys urged a federal judge Thursday to throw out what promises to be a historic constitutional drama.
Read moreDemocrat-Led Emoluments Case Faces Reckoning
Heading to court for the first test of his emoluments clause challenge, Senator Richard Blumenthal told reporters he is confident that the suit against President Donald Trump will advance.
Read moreScholars Have Emoluments Case Wrong, Trump Tells Court
Attorneys for the president urged a federal judge Monday to dismiss the emoluments clause challenge he faces from nearly 200 members of Congress, insisting that none of the arguments raised by rafts of legal historians, constitutional law scholars and others salvage the suit.
Read moreMaryland Judge Advances Emoluments Suit Against Trump
One of several emoluments clause challenges faced by President Donald Trump received lift-off Wednesday with a federal judge finding that Maryland and Washington, D.C., have standing to sue.
Read moreEmoluments Challenge to Trump Picks Up Steam
Auguring success for a challenge to the president’s business ties, a Maryland federal judge cast doubt Thursday on why an earlier case that invoked the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clauses failed.
Read moreTrump’s Conflicts of Interests Are Congress’ Business, Judge Says
Tossing out a high-profile lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump’s business entanglements represent a threat to the republic, a federal judge found on Thursday that such a concern is better left for Congress to decide.
Read moreDon’t Put Trump Above the Law, Emoluments Challengers Urge
Defending the judicial branch’s authority to probe President Donald Trump for conflicts of interest, an attorney told a federal judge Wednesday that the government’s logic puts the commander in chief above the law.
Read moreCongressional Democrats Sue Trump Over Foreign Emoluments
Nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress filed a federal complaint Wednesday against President Donald Trump, saying his vast international business holdings violate a centuries-old anti-bribery provision of the U.S. Constitution.
Read moreMaryland and DC Sue Trump Over Foreign Payments
The attorneys general for Maryland and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump on Monday, claiming he is violating the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause, which prohibits the president from accepting payments from foreign governments without the consent of Congress.
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Restaurant Group Serves Up Emoluments Challenge
Joining a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s business ties, 200 restaurants said Tuesday that Trump hotels elbow out competition on Washington’s “Embassy Row.”
Read moreN.Y. Times Presses DOJ for Trump Legal Reviews
The New York Times brought a federal lawsuit to force the Justice Department to hand over records about its legal reviews of President Donald Trump’s proposed executive orders and his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s appointment as a White House advisor.
Read moreLawyer Sues to Put Teeth on Trump’s Foreign-Cash Vow
Now that President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort appears to be doubling as a diplomatic retreat and a reputed “open-air Situation Room,” a New York attorney has filed a new class-action lawsuit aiming to force the president to return foreign cash flowing into his companies back to “the people.”
Read moreGreenlight of Dakota Pipeline Draws Focus to Trump’s Cash Ties
Already under fire for foreign business ties described as a “creeping, insidious threat to the republic,” President Donald Trump drew attention to his potential domestic conflicts-of-interest by reviving an oil pipeline that could financially benefit him.
Read moreLegal Hotshots Blast Trump’s Foreign Cash Ties: ‘a Creeping, Insidious Threat to the Republic’
Citing his “vast, complicated and secret” business interests, prominent attorneys said in a federal complaint Monday that newly minted President Donald Trump’s foreign entanglements could pose a “creeping, insidious threat to the republic.”
Read moreTrump Promises Announcement on ‘Leaving’ His Business
Bedeviled in recent weeks about constitutional conflicts, President-elect Donald Trump tweeted early Wednesday that he will hold a press conference with his children to discuss his business.
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