Showing posts with label emoluments clause. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emoluments clause. Show all posts

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Eric Trump Defends Emoluments Violations Then Claims They Aren’t Happening


Eric Trump is trying to defend the fact that his father is profiting greatly off the presidency while simultaneously claiming that his father is losing money on the president. It takes a special kind of stupid to believe that both things are true, but that’s what we get with the Trump kids. The truth is that Eric and his brother Donald, Jr. are both running interference for their father, and the whole family is cashing in on this administration. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

The Court Ruling That Could Lead To President Donald Trump's Tax Returns | The Last Word | MSNBC


President Trump was dealt a major legal setback after a federal judge allows an emolument lawsuit against him to proceed. David Cay Johnston explains what comes next in a court case that could have bigger implications for Trump than the Mueller investigation.