The lawsuit by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, will argue that the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution should bar Trump from receiving anything of value from foreign governments without congressional approval.
“We did not want to get to this point. It was our hope that President Trump would take the necessary steps to avoid violating the Constitution before he took office,” CREW Executive Director Noah Bookbinder said in a news release Sunday. “He did not. His constitutional violations are immediate and serious, so we were forced to take legal action.”
Alan Garten, general counsel for the Trump Organisation, declined to comment Sunday night.
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