During an appearance on 'Cavuto: Coast to Coast,' Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano claimed President Donald Trump violated the U.S. Constitution and 'bought himself an enormous headache' with the decision to hold next year's G7 summit at the Trump Doral Miami golf resort.
the decision to hold the summit at a property owned by Trump and his family was a clear violation of the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution. The emoluments clause prohibits the president from bestowing any money, gift or other benefit to foreign leaders, without the permission of Congress.
Cavuto referenced Mulvaney's claim that the decision did not violate the emoluments clause because the Miami resort would be operating"at cost" for the event, before turning to Napolitano and suggesting he might have a"different notion" of the constitutional clause. "It's not my notion," replied Napolitano."It's the Constitution's notion. The Constitution does not address profits. It addresses any present, as in a gift, any emolument as in cash of any kind whatever. I'm quoting the emoluments clause: from any king, prince or foreign state."
"If this were a meeting of the governors of the United States there'd be no emoluments clause problem," the judge continued."The purpose of the emoluments clause is the keep the President of the United States of America from profiting off of foreign money—here we go again. Not in the campaign, but in an event or entity that he controls and is running.
"Most respectfully, Mr. Mulvaney's focus on profit—while it may make sense in the economic world, is not what the framers were concerned about," said Napolitano."They were concerned about a gift or cash coming directly or indirectly to the President of the United States, even if it's done at a loss."
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