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President having a personal interest at stake. so, this is part of the regular discovery process. again, this is written right into our constitution. the president had an opportunity to essentially divest himself of his ownership interests. he chose not to. and now its perfectly appropriate for congress to determine whether there is a constitutional violation. >> yeah, its the emoluments clause, article i, section ix, clause viii says that no president should accept any emolument, present of any...

Kushner we learned were present. u.s. media were not permitted to attend the meeting. all of this mixing of official and personal business less than two weeks into trumps transition led the very conservative "wall street journal" editorial page to take the extraordinary step of calling on president-elect to limit his stake in the trump organization. of course, that decision is entirely up to trump himself. we rely almost exclusively on president norms. theres one aspect of this that falls under ...

Conservative "wall street journal" editorial page to take the extraordinary step of calling on president-elect to limit his stake in the trump organization. of course, that decision is entirely up to trump himself. we rely almost exclusively on president norms. theres one aspect of this that falls under federal law. specifically, a document called the u.s. constitution. according to article 1, section ix, clause viii, "no person holding any office or profit or trust under them shall without the ...