En Banc Fourth Circuit Split in Suit Over Trump Hotel
A divided full Fourth Circuit bench reheard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of unconstitutionally profiting from his presidency through his D.C. hotel.
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Full Fourth Circuit Set to Rehear Emoluments Fight
Two of four lawsuits claiming President Donald Trump has violated anti-corruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution return to the Fourth Circuit for a full en banc hearing Thursday.
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Democrats Ask Skeptical Panel to Allow Emoluments Challenge
With a seemingly impossible hurdle to jump, Democrats argued Monday morning before the D.C. Circuit that they can sue President Donald Trump for ignoring the Constitution as foreign governments poured money into his pockets.
Read moreRestaurant Competing With Trump Pushes to Revive Suit
The D.C. Circuit offered little hope Thursday to a Beltway wine bar fighting to revive its unfair-competition claims against the Trump International Hotel.
Read moreConflicts Abound as Trumps Toy With Selling DC Hotel
The Trump International Hotel, located just blocks from the White House, might be going up for sale after years of controversy surrounding conflicts of interest.
Read moreBeto O’Rourke Takes Aim at Trump With Proposed Reforms
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on Tuesday proposed executive branch reforms to limit pardons and strengthen enforcement of the U.S. Constitution’s anti-corruption provisions to prevent abuses of presidential power, which is central to Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
Read moreClamor for Trump Hotel Records Underway in DC Circuit
A Justice Department lawyer faced an uphill battle Tuesday in arguing that lawmakers lack standing to access financials on the president’s eponymous hotel, located just blocks from the White House.
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Fourth Circuit Will Rehear Emoluments Suit
The Fourth Circuit Tuesday revived the District of Columbia and Maryland’s emoluments suit against President Donald Trump relating to accusations that the president illegally profited from visitors to his luxury hotel, located just a few blocks from White House.
Read moreSecond Circuit Revives Emoluments Lawsuit Against Trump
Putting teeth into anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution, the Second Circuit found on Friday morning that the judiciary has the power to reduce incentives for government officials “currying favor” with President Donald Trump by visiting his restaurants and hotels.
Read moreAir Force to Review Layover Rules After Stop at Trump Resort
The U.S. Air Force said it will begin a review of its layover guidelines, as President Donald Trump denied knowing that crew members stayed overnight at his resort in Scotland while on their way to a routine mission in Kuwait in March.
Read moreDemocrats to Probe Pence Stay at Trump Ireland Resort
Expanding their investigation into President Donald Trump’s business dealings and potential violations of anti-corruption rules, House Democrats have demanded travel expenditure records from Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Ireland this week that included a stay at a Trump resort.
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Maryland, DC AGs Ask Fourth Circuit to Rehear Emoluments Suit
Maryland and Washington, D.C., lobbied Monday for the the Fourth Circuit to rehear a lawsuit that accuses President Donald Trump of violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.
Read moreFourth Circuit Tosses Emoluments Suit Against Trump
Finding that attorneys general for Maryland and the District of Columbia lack standing, the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating clauses in the Constitution that bar him from receiving gifts from foreign or state governments while in office without congressional consent.
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Feds Ask DC Circuit to Toss Democrats’ Emoluments Case
Citing intrusive requests they say border on harassment of President Donald Trump, attorneys for the Justice Department asked the D.C. Circuit to throw out a lawsuit filed by Democratic lawmakers claiming the real estate mogul-turned-president violated the Constitution’s anti-corruption clauses.
Read moreHouse Democrats Renew Push for Records in Emoluments Fight
On the heels of a legal victory that gave Democrats the green light to gather documents from businesses owned by President Donald Trump, lawmakers made new demands Thursday for records they say will help shed light on any constitutional issues surrounding the president’s profits from his hotel in Washington, D.C.
Read moreJudge Rejects Discovery Delay in Congress’ Emoluments Suit Against Trump
More than 200 Congress members received approval to start investigating President Donald Trump’s personal financial dealings with foreign governments on Tuesday, as a federal judge ruled out further delay in litigation involving the Constitution’s anti-corruption clauses.
Read moreEmolument On
Democrats in Congress can press ahead with all their claims that President Donald Trump’s private business dealings with foreign governments violate the Constitution, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, dispensing with the remainder of the president’s motion to dismiss.
Read moreFourth Circuit Appears Skeptical of Trump Emoluments Case
Lawyers for President Donald Trump asked a sympathetic Fourth Circuit panel Tuesday to reject a lawsuit accusing him of violating the Constitution’s emoluments clauses, which ban the president from receiving gifts from foreign or state governments while in office without congressional consent.
Read moreAll Eyes on Fourth Circuit Hearing in Emoluments Case
Of the many legal challenges President Donald Trump is facing, few have forced legal experts and historians to dig deep quite like claims that his private business dealings with foreign governments violate the Constitution.
Read moreFeds Ask to Halt State AG Emoluments Case
The Justice Department asked the Fourth Circuit on Monday to stay a lawsuit filed by two attorneys general accusing President Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption clauses of the U.S. Constitution through his businesses.
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