WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington ruled Tuesday that a group of Democrats in Congress can proceed with a lawsuit against President Donald Trump alleging his businesses violate a constitutional ban against gifts from foreign governments.
In a 48-page opinion, District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ruled that Democrats' claims that Trump has violated the emoluments clause of the constitution provide a valid"cause of action" against the president.
Sullivan cited a Maryland federal judge's ruling in a similar emoluments case against Trump that concluded the scope of the constitutional ban on foreign gifts was broad — based on"overwhelming evidence." But even as Sullivan allowed the D.C. case to go forward, it faces the same legal constraints that have bogged down the Maryland case. In that case, a federal judge gave a green light to efforts by attorneys general in Maryland and the District to gather evidence to prove emoluments violations. But Trump's lawyers blocked the move by persuading a federal appeals court in Richmond to review the case.
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