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Of columbia arguing the president has violated and is still violating anti-corruption clauses in the constitution. the lawsuit ago alleges that despite his many promises to keep his public duties and private interests separate trump has yet to, quote, disentangle his private finances from those of domestic and foreign powers. joining us tonight, new york magazine contributing editor andrew rice who has just written a comprehensive examination of trump incorporated and its possible conflicts of i...

Of columbia arguing the president has violated and is still violating anti-corruption clauses in the constitution. the suit alleges despite his many promises to keep his public duties and private interests separate trump has yet to, quote, disentangle his private finances from those of domestic and foreign powers. joining you us tonight, new york magazine contributing editor andrew rice whos that just written a comprehensive examination of trump incorporated and its possible conflicts of interes...

Country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive business entanglements. or a president who refused to adequately distance himself from their holdings. president trumps businesses and his dealings violates the constitutions anticorruption provisions. known as the emoluments clauses. >> the lawsuit filed in maryland district court contends that the presidents ownership harms the state and districts. "the defendant has used his position as president to boost the patronage of his enter...

Other elected officials, must have only the interests of americans at the heart of every decision. >> the attorney general of the state of maryland discussing a new legal challenge to president trump, a first of its kind lawsuit filed by maryland and his equivalent in the district of columbia arguing the president has violated and is still violating anti-corruption clauses in the constitution. the lawsuit alleges despite his many promises to keep his public duties and private interests separate,...

Maryland and the district of columbia say theyll announce a lawsuit against the president on monday. >> according to the washington post, they claim he accepted millions of dollars in payments and benefits from foreign governments through his businesses after taking office, that will violate anticorruption clauses in the constitution. >> the president said in january, he would turn over management of his business assets to his sons to avoid possible conflicts of interest. the british prime min...

General of maryland and washington, d.c. just hit the president of the united states with a lawsuit. essentially accusing president trump of corruption and demanding his tax returns. here they were moments ago. >> never in the history of this country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive business entanglesments or a president who refused to adequately distance themselves from their holdings. >> the clauses are a fire wall against presidential corruption. and the one thing we know...

His dealings violate the constitutions anti-corruption provisions. known as the emoluments clauss. the framers included these twos anti-corruption provisions to prevent foreign and domestic entities from seeking to influence the president by bestowing money or other things of value on him. why did the framers include these clauses? it was all about corruption. as alexander hamilton wrote, one of the weak sides of republics among their numerous advantages is that they afford too easy an inlet to ...

President trump for allegedly violating anti-corruption clauses in the constitution. the lawsuit is the first of its kind filed by government entities. it claims the president has accepted millions of dollars in payments and benefits from foreign governments since taking office and has not kept his promise to shift his assets into a trust managed by his sons. if the lawsuit is allowed to proceed, the attorneys general for d.c. and maryland plan to demand copies of the presidents tax returns thro...

Deserves a lot of credit by saying, lets not hide behind appropriations, lets get it out there lets talk about this take it head-on. you wonder how happy the president is about his volunteering to go before the senate intel committee. he was already reportedly miffed about recution himself from the russia investigation. we havent heard him directly say he has confidence in jeff sessions. you wonder how that will brew over the next few days. >> at noon were going to hear from the attorneys genera...

Act she is forced to walk over the next few weeks and months and perhaps until we see early election results. may has promised she will last a full term of five years. christine, i dont think anybody expects that to happen. >> certainly, the whole thing has been upended. thank you, oren liebermann. today marks one year since the horrific pulse nightclub shooting in orlando. memorial service scheduled across the country in whats being called orlando united day. the city urging churches to ring ...