A group of nearly 200 Democratic lawmakers has legal standing to sue President Trump over claims he violated the U.S. Constitution's emoluments provision banning the acceptance of gifts from foreign and domestic interests, a federal district judge in Washington ruled Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan’s ruling doesn’t find Trump guilty of violating the Constitution, but allows Democrats to continue their case in the courtroom where they would have to make the case that he did. They argue that Trump has received foreign government favors like Chinese government trademarks for his companies and room rentals at the Trump International hotel in Washington, which only further enrich Trump. - U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.Trump’s lawyers said the Democrats can’t bring a case forward because they weren’t personally injured by the president, but rather by their colleagues in Congress. The lawmakers argued that since the White House didn’t ask for Congress’ permission to accept gifts from foreign and domestic interests, they suffered an injury.

Source: Fox News September 29, 2018 09:45 UTC