Tag Archive for U.S. District Court

Inspector General Releases Report Criticizing General Services Administration for Ignoring the Constitution on Trump D.C. Hotel Lease

https://www.newamericanjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/TrumpIntHotel1a.jpg

Staff Report – Inspector General Carol Fortine Ochoa of the independent General Services Administration released a report on Wednesday announcing its legal finding that the GSA ignored guidelines spelled out in the U.S. Constitution’s Emoluments Clause and related agency guidelines by allowing President Trump to keep the lease on the old post office building in…

Federal Judge Rules Against Trump in Emoluments Clause Case

TrumpIntHotel_night2b

Attorneys General Allege That Trump’s Business Enterprises Violate U.S. Constitution – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a major blow to President Donald J. Trump and a historic court ruling, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit alleging that Trump’s business enterprises violate the emoluments clauses of the U.S. Constitution may proceed…

Federal Lawsuit Alleges Trump Violates Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses

TrumpIntHotel_night2b

By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – One year ago today, a historic federal lawsuit was filed against a sitting president of the United States alleging that Donald Trump’s wide-ranging business entanglements violate the U.S. Constitution emoluments clauses against accepting gifts and engaging in private financial transactions with foreign governments. The first-of-its-kind case was filed…