Donald Trump will be sued for violating the Constitution. According to The Washington Post, the President will be accused by the Attorneys General of the Maryland and District of Columbia (America's Capital State) to have accepted, through its corporate empire, money and other benefits from delegations of foreign governments.
The accusation refers to the “emoluments clause” of the US Constitutional Charter - which prevents public officials from accepting money or other gifts from foreign governments without the consent of Congress - despite the Donald having declared last January that he wanted to leave all his private properties in the hands of a fund managed by his son, so as to eliminate any risk of conflict of interest.
At the center of the case is the story of the Trump International Hotel of Washington DC, a short distance from the White House. The two attorneys general accuse the General Services Administration (GSA) of having allowed the building to continue to be rented, despite a clause in the contract that excludes any person with an elected public function.
Numerous foreign states have chosen Trump's hotel after his victory in the elections: the Kuwaiti embassy, theSaudi Arabia, Turkey and Georgia. According to the indictment, in addition to having taken advantage of his role as president for his own personal interests, Trump, with his hotel, competes with the two publicly owned convention centers, one in Washington and one in Maryland.
A few days away from the storm Comey linked to Russiagate, the President will again end up in the eye of the storm. The two prosecutors, intending to go to the end, intend to ask to view the Trump's tax bill, which he had always refused to make public during the electoral campaign.
Already ready there defense of the President: commercial payments linked to market prices for Trump's real estate assets do not in fact constitute emoluments, as defined by the US Constitution.
