House Oversight Committee Democrats released a report criticizing Donald Trump’s hotels for accepting payments from foreign governments during his presidency, alleging a violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause.
Rep. Raskin accused Trump of violating the Constitution’s “emoluments clause” by “failing to divest from his business empire and allowing his businesses to accept millions of dollars in payments from some of the most corrupt nations on earth.”
“Each dollar former President Trump accepted violated the Constitution’s strict prohibition on payments from foreign governments, which the Founders enacted to prevent presidents from selling out U.S. foreign policy to foreign leaders,” continued the lawmaker. (Trending: Sports Icon Dies Suddenly At 56)
What a joke! All foreign government profits, for stays at our hotels and other properties while my father was in office, were voluntaraly donated to the United States Treasury. Just another example of @MSNBC counter-narrative for the most corrupt family in political history – The… https://t.co/RZBk2jcIun
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) January 4, 2024
The report claims over $5.5 million came from China.
Eric Trump disputed the allegations, stating that all foreign government profits were voluntarily donated to the US Treasury.
“What joke! All foreign government profits, for stays at our hotels and other properties while my father was in office, were voluntaraly (sic) donated to the United States Treasury,” wrote Eric Trump, labeling the reports, “counter-narrative for the most corrupt family in political history – The Biden’s (sic).”
The accusations coincide with House Republicans potentially considering an impeachment vote on President Joe Biden.
The report was based on financial records obtained from Trump’s former accounting firm after a legal battle.
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