How Democrats can respondIn an interview, Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md. ), a member of the Oversight and Judiciary committees, laid out a process by which Democrats might bear down harder on this latest corrupt misconduct. The emoluments clause permits presidents to accept such emoluments only if Congress approves them, and here the direct opposite would have happened. Some of this is legally questionable; all of it is unethical, and the G-7 caper may be the most unethical action yet. ADBut all the money Trump ends up reaping from this scheme may help lead to his impeachment.

Source: Washington Post October 17, 2019 20:23 UTC