“We are one step closer to stopping President Trump from violating the Constitution’s original anti-corruption provisions.”
By Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 7-25-2018
Last year, an artist projected “Pay Trump bribes here” and “Emoluments Welcome” onto the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. to protest President Donald Trump’s refusal to divest from his businesses. (Photo: @igorvolsky/Twitter)
A government watchdog claimed its latest victory on Wednesday as a federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to block a lawsuit challenging his continued involvement with his businesses—which ethics groups say amounts to a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution.
BREAKING: the court has just denied Trump ‘s motion to dismiss the MD-DC federal Emoluments case in which we @CREWcrew are cocounsel with @BrianFrosh @AGKarlRacine @deepakguptalaw & @CohenMilstein. In other words, we won! More to follow
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) July 25, 2018
