An ethics lawsuit against President Trump can proceed, a federal appeals court says. The suit argues his business interests are conflicts of interest and violate the US Constitution.
The lawsuit, the plaintiffs of which include a hotel operator and a group of restaurants, argues that Trump's"vast, complicated and secret" business arrangements violate a constitutional provision, the Emoluments Clause, which bars the president from accepting gifts from foreign governments without the permission of Congress.This is one of several cases about the Emoluments Clause and whether Trump's business holdings violate it while he serves as President.
In support of the decision, Judge Pierre Leval wrote that"putting aside whether courts have jurisdiction to hear a suit seeking an injunction or declaratory relief against the President on the grounds that his official acts on behalf of the United States violate the Constitution, the proposition has no application to this case, which questions the lawfulness of the President's purely private conduct of selling hotel and restaurant services.
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