Panel orders federal judge to reconsider Trump appeal 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressWASHINGTON — An appeals court on Friday ordered a federal judge to reconsider letting Justice Department lawyers immediately appeal a case that accuses President Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency. The Justice Department had asked the appeals court earlier this month to allow an appeal or dismissal of the case before Sullivan. The Justice lawyers also contended that Trump’s business activity, such as hotel room earnings, doesn’t qualify under the constitutional definition of emoluments. Friday’s ruling was made by judges nominated by President Barack Obama in 2013 to the federal appeals court: Patricia Ann Millett, Cornelia Pillard and Robert Leon Wilkins.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 20, 2019 07:07 UTC