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June 12, 2017

Maryland & D.C. AGs Suing President Trump over Foreign Payments to Hotel
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In the United States, the attorneys general of Maryland and Washington,
D.C., are suing President Trump, accusing him of violating the
Emoluments Clause of the Constitution by accepting millions of dollars
in payments from foreign governments to his companies while serving as
U.S. president. The lawsuit centers on the Trump International Hotel in
D.C., which is near the White House. Representatives of Saudi Arabia,
Turkey and Kuwait have all stayed at the hotel since Trump's
inauguration. The lawsuit is the first of its kind and comes as Trump is
also facing multiple investigations over his ties to Russia.


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