Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Trump on Foreign Payments

Left-wing activists who breathlessly claimed that lawsuits against President Donald Trump for allegedly violating the Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses would lead to his expulsion from office are now probably disappointed because a Clinton-appointed federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit. President Trump has vast real estate and business interests in the United States and around the world. These are out of his hands because they are held in a trust. His private-sector sons now run the family business while he is in office, and while the president was still a private citizen, he set up a process whereby any profits his hotels and other properties receive from foreign sources will be automatically donated in full to the U.S. treasury.-- More....