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Democrat House Foreign Affairs Chairman Warns Foreign Officials to ‘Cease and Desist’ Spending Money at Trump Hotels

Cristina Laila by Cristina Laila August 13, 2019

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The emoluments clause is a provision that bars US presidents from accepting gifts from foreign governments without permission from Congress first.


The Hill reported:

In a memo dated on Monday, Engel instructed Democratic committee staff who meet with foreign officials to warn that spending money at Trump-owned properties may be a violation of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, which states that presidents cannot accept money or gifts from foreign governments without consent from Congress.

“When meeting with officials from a foreign government, please inform them that by providing any form of payment or benefit to a Trump-owned property their government is facilitating the president’s apparent violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause,” Engel’s memo states. “Please urge those foreign officials to transmit to their governments that the House Foreign Affairs Committee requests that they cease and desist payments to the Trump Organization unless and until Congress approves the emolument, as provided in the Constitution.”
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