Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:<p>Oversight Democrats’ New Report Proves Trump Used His D.C. Hotel to Take Unconstitutional Domestic Emoluments, Fleecing the Taxpayers</p><p>The report is based on a limited set of records—hotel guest logs covering just 11 months at a single one of Donald Trump’s more than 500 business entities—produced by Mr. Trump’s former accounting firm, Mazars USA LLP, before Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, working with attorneys for former President Trump, slammed the door shut and blocked Committee Democrats from obtaining additional records pursuant to a Committee subpoena and court-supervised settlement. Giving new meaning to the term “petty cash,” most of the payments made in the time frame discussed in this report were small—and their cumulative total is just over $300,000—but these transactions provide a glimpse into the wide array of unlawful and unethical transactions, including flat-out violations of the Constitution, that characterized Donald Trump’s methodical exploitation of his presidency for moneymaking purposes.</p><p><a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-democrats-new-report-proves-trump-used-his-dc-hotel-take" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oversightdemocrats.house.gov/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/press-releases/oversight-democrats-new-report-proves-trump-used-his-dc-hotel-take</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> </p><p>The report (PDF): ROOM RATES MAY VARY: HOW DONALD TRUMP VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION BY FLEECING TAXPAYERS WITH UNLAWFUL AND EXORBITANT HOTEL CHARGES<br>- A Glimpse Into President Trump's Domestic Emoluments Rackets and Pay-to-Play Schemes <br><a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-18COA-DEM-Staff-Report-Domestic-Emoluments.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oversightdemocrats.house.gov/s</span><span class="invisible">ites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-18COA-DEM-Staff-Report-Domestic-Emoluments.pdf</span></a></p>
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Via Kyle Griffin:
Rep. Jamie Raskin & Sen. Richard Blumenthal have intro’d legislation to enforce the Constitution's explicit language banning foreign #emoluments by prohibiting the President, VP, Cabinet officials and Members of Congress from accepting payments from foreign governments without first obtaining the consent of Congress.
Officials would be prohibited from accepting foreign payments without Congressional approval during the entire time in office and for two years after leaving.
The legislation is welcome, but late, & will get few R votes. #TFG may not have been elected if...
Dems introduced leg. that'd prohibit US officials from accepting$, payments or gifts from foreign govts w/o congress. consent, their response to a yearslong probe into TFG’s overseas bus dealings.
The proposal would enforce the Const’s ban on #emoluments. Dems say Trump brazenly ignored the clause as president as foreign govt officials flocked to his hotels & properties.
AP News · Democrats propose ban on officials receiving payments from foreign governments after Trump probe
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@dworkin
T****'s #cult swoons over the fact he "took no salary" and "didn't NEED to subject himself to all this. He's putting himself thru this FOR US!" Thus, everything else is background noise.
First off, he took no salary to skirt financial reporting requirements, then grifted the hell out of his office (see: #Emoluments.)
#DarthTraitor is hardly a "selfless" man. He famously asked Gen Mark Milley, "I don't get it. *What was in it for them?*" at the Normandy cemetery for WWII soldiers.
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@goatsarah
The "He didn't NEED to be president! He's putting himself thru this for US!" crowd is a huge part of why #TheOrangeMenace still has so many loyal supporters.
They don't realize HE WAS NEARLY BROKE before running for president in 2016 (only doing so to boost his profile after finding out NBC was paying Gwen Stefani more than him.)
#DarthTraitor refused a salary simply *to skirt financial reporting laws*, then made a fortune using his office for personal gain. #MafiaDon #Emoluments
We need more of this from Dems:
Oversight Ranking Member Jamie Raskin sent a letter to TFG demanding he returns the $7.8M on his businesses made from foreign governments while President.
We can finally expect a Congressional account of the wealth #Trump finagled from foreign sources while president.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2663621293/
He may have violated the foreign #emoluments clause of the #constitution (Art. I, §9, cl. 8).
Learning the details isn't the same as prosecution. But it's a first step.
Congress is not yet looking into potential violations of the domestic emoluments clause (Art. II, §1, cl. 7).
To me, Trump's emoluments are the least discussed of his many potential crimes.
Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent JournalismJamie Raskin promises full report on the millions Trump and his family 'pocketed' while he was president