Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170616:19:40:00
Foreign country to influence government policy, basically influence the president, curry favor with the major decision maker in office here that would benefit them over the interests of the united states and the voter who is put this person into office. and so the emoluments clause, which you mentioned, is specifically designed to prevent that type of corruption. and there was also a separate emoluments clause that is intended to limit potential corruption between states, so that the president is not possibly going to favor the interests of one state over another. that is at the heart of anoth...