Posted on 06/25/2019 2:54:15 PM PDT by Coronal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to put on hold a lawsuit by about 200 Democratic lawmakers accusing President Donald Trump of violating an anti-corruption provision of the U.S. Constitution with his private business dealings, a move that clears the way for them to seek some of his financial records.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan rejected a request by Trump administration lawyers to halt the case and let them file an expedited appeal of key preliminary rulings he issued against the president. Sullivan said an immediate appeal would not be efficient.
The lawsuit is one of two brought against Trump accusing him of violating the so-called emoluments clause of the Constitution, which bans U.S. officials from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments without congressional consent. The other was brought by the Democratic attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia.
The ruling allows the Democratic plaintiffs, led by Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and including members of the House of Representatives and Senate, to begin the so-called discovery phase of the case in which they will seek records from Trump’s real estate company.
The judge’s action marked the latest setback Trump has faced in court fights as he defends against lawsuits like this one and efforts by the Democratic-led House to obtain his tax records and other material as part of a series of wide-ranging investigations.
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Do what obummer and hillary did.
Tell the judges to go #### themselves, in so many words
I just wouldn’t comply.
This is over the top! Hillary and all her TRUE illegalities crawls around free and they go after a legit business man.
“U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan”
Clinton Lawn Jockey!
... would not be efficient.
As if allowing a bogus legal theory to proceed through trial is efficient.
Do they want to start civil unrest?
Because that is how you start civil unrest.
Yes, we're at that point.
What is this!? A bought, and paid for Clintonista Judge?
Always the same Judge.
This is the same Judge handling the Flynn case. He thinks he is the great decider.
You show your records then I will so you mine. This is just a political game. Trump has business in foreign countries and that’s where his money comes. Take a look at congress as most have no such business then where does the money they earn from like sources come from?
I was for ONCE early on the bandwagon this time.
Screw them a YEAR ago. They are making things up as they go along and have become an instrument of the dem party in the majority of cases.
It is WRONG, it is NOT what the founding fathers wanted and it is UNLAWFUL to abuse their positions of authority.
Hand over NOTHING.
Hey does anyone here smarter than me know which kinds of cases can go to the supreme court, even POTENTIALLY?
Is this even a case? I don’t know what it’s called :)
The harassment continues unabated.
Of course the weasel DaNangDick is chest thumping now.
This is silly as a matter of law. Discovery clearly would be damaging, and nothing the judge can do will stop the democrats from using discovery in a damaging way.
They should instead start by having the plaintiffs assert the facts they expect to find in discovery, and then the judge should rule on whether those facts would, in the end, meet the standards for the clause they are invoking.
If not, the case is dismissed. If yes, THEN they can do discovery to see if they actually have their facts right.
The entire argument is stupid. George Washington ran a farm that grew wheat, and he sometimes ground the wheat, and exported it to foreign governments and citizens. If that violated the constitution, the founders would clearly have said so.
The idea that foreign governments were NOT seeking favors from Obama, Clinton, etc. when giving them money, but that somehow staying in a hotel will make Trump change his mind about some policy, is ludicrous.
The plaintiffs also claim a violation of emoluments by Trump's US-located businesses taking revenue ... from foreigners.
All of the emoluments claims are based on a bogus legal theory.
When George Washington was President he sold whiskey and tobacco to any foreigner that would buy it.
A legitimate business transaction is in no way an emolument.
I agree with most posters here.
Ignore it and dare Dims to impeach.
They don’t even have the votes in the House lol
notice FakeNewsMSM never go into the politics of these judges.
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