PhotoIn a new legal challenge to President Trump, Maryland and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that his failure to shed his private businesses has undermined public trust and violated constitutional bans against self-dealing. The lawsuit, filed in a Maryland federal court, makes many of the same arguments in a lawsuit filed earlier this year by a Washington watchdog organization in a New York federal court. A second prohibits the president from accepting economic benefits from the federal or state governments, other than his salary. Mr. Trump and his family members have frequented the Trump hotel, in the renovated Old Post Office, and room prices there have shot up since the election, the complaint states. The plaintiffs are hoping to force Mr. Trump to release his tax returns should either of the lawsuits reach the discovery phrase.

Source: New York Times June 12, 2017 14:08 UTC