Emolument Clause

SpaceNut · 2018-11-03 16:04:16

Judge denies Trump's request to delay emoluments case

I can hear a train a coming....

SpaceNut · 2019-07-05 16:02:32

N.Y. Gov. Cuomo to act soon on two bills aimed squarely at Trump

one aimed at making it easier for Congress to obtain the president's state tax returns and the other seeking to curb his pardon power to ensure that they are drafted correctly and do what they say they do.

SpaceNut · 2019-07-08 18:50:25

This a bridge from the investigation and now its one that is looking for changes I am sure as things change...
Congressional Democrats have issued subpoenas to the Trump Organization and other Trump businesses tied to a lawsuit accusing President of violations

SpaceNut · 2019-09-07 19:16:18

Congress investigating Trump over US military trips to Scotland

Congress has been investigating if the President has been more covertly using the American military to line his pockets and prop up his Trump Turnberry resort in Scotland. Trump Conflict Of Interest Claims Involving Scottish Golf Resort And Prestwick Airport The allegations include free rounds of golf being offered to US military staff.

kbd512 · 2019-09-07 19:32:58

SpaceNut,

I hear a train coming, too. It's loaded with bovine excrement. After the next train wreck, it'll be plastered all over the faces of the Democrats- just like the last train load of bovine excrement from the Russian collusion hoax. I enjoy watching the Democrats wallow in their own crap, though. It's obvious to everyone but them that they're all out of ideas and it's readily apparent that they're incapable of governing, so they incessantly denigrate the very few people who are in any way possible. That said, I'm sure President Trump still enjoys the free 24/7 media coverage. It'd be utterly amazing if they could actually put forth some better policies, but I guess they're not capable of that. I particularly enjoyed the full-on crazy from the Climate Change Townhall from CNN. Spending 93 trillion dollars, in conjunction with "The Green New Deal", doesn't go far enough, according to Joe Biden.

SpaceNut · 2019-09-08 20:09:43

This should have happened along time ago but we all know that the senate will not follow through but will block all further action. A draft resolution by Democrats Plan Vote to Formalize Procedures for Impeachment Investigation

DNC amassing huge 2020 research trove against Trump by sifting through nearly 7,000 lawsuits from all 50 states. American farmers and truckers feel about Trump's tariffs, the ongoing trade dispute with China, and the way the GOP tax law has hurt the trucking industry.

Democrats to Broaden Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump to Corruption Accusations beyond the findings of the Russia investigation

SpaceNut · 2019-10-11 17:40:59

Appeals court rejects Trump bid to keep financial records from House, The House Oversight and Reform Committee issued a subpoena in April for Trump's financial

The tax returns of Donald Trump have been the subject of controversy for the past several years, particularly over them having not been made public despite his political career. Before Trump announced his candidacy for president, he had offered in 2011, 2014 and 2015 to release his tax returns. During his presidential campaign, Trump first said he would release his returns after they were "worked on", then Trump claimed that, because the returns were being audited, he could not make them public, but would do so. No law actually prevents tax returns from being released due to an audit, as emphasized by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Further on during his campaign, he said that voters were not interested in his returns, "there's nothing to learn from them", and that his tax rate is "none of your business".

SpaceNut · 2019-10-19 20:49:08

Fox News' Andrew Napolitano: Hosting G-7 At Trump Resort Is 'Profound' Emoluments Breach

Caving To Pressure, Trump Cans Plans To Hold G-7 At Trump Doral. ... a former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party. ... claiming that of all the possible locations all over the country, Trump’s property was the best suited for the international conference.

Reacting to the choice House and Senate Democrats Introduce THUG Act To Block funding for the G-7 Summit at Donald Trump's Doral Resort.

SpaceNut · 2019-11-11 14:48:03

This case is inching forward slowly with Judge tosses Trump suit over New York tax returns, rejects conspiracy claim

In his lawsuit, Trump sued to preemptively block the House Ways and Means Committee from requesting the returns, New York Attorney General Letitia James from enforcing the law, and to stop the New York Department of Taxation from furnishing the documents. Trump argued his lawsuit was necessary to prevent his state returns from being disclosed to Congress before a court could hear his opposition.
In his lawsuit, Trump's attorneys argued that the state law was simply an effort to get information about his personal finances to embarrass him politically. It asked the court to provide a declaratory judgment that the House Ways and Means Committee "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose for obtaining the President's state tax information."
The legislation states that any "legitimate task" of Congress is a valid reason to make the request, should efforts to obtain the returns at the federal level be stonewalled by the Treasury Department. New York state tax filings are not identical to the federal returns, but contain much of the same information.
Neal's committee is tied up in separate legislation over Trump's tax returns with the Treasury Department, which has refused to provide Trump's federal returns to the panel. Neal sued the IRS and the Treasury Department over the returns citing a section of tax law that states the Treasury secretary "shall furnish" to congressional tax committees "any return or return information" request by its chairman.The legislation states that any "legitimate task" of Congress is a valid reason to make the request, should efforts to obtain the returns at the federal level be stonewalled by the Treasury Department. New York state tax filings are not identical to the federal returns, but contain much of the same information.

SpaceNut · 2019-12-14 15:41:38

Since taking office the question of taxes have been a continued fight as his tax standing for the foundation in NY was closed and that is why we are in the mode to further prove and impeachable crime was commited. House Committee on Oversight and Reform's investigation into Trump's business dealings. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's subpoena for similar Trump records as the New York City prosecutor investigates hush-money payments to two women who said they had sexual affairs with Trump before his 2016 White House win. Which both have been proven to be true...

The Supreme Court's order is the latest development in two legal battles over access to years of Trump's tax returns and financial records for both him and his businesses. The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a continuing legal block on a powerful House committee's access to years of President Donald Trump's tax returns and financial records from his longtime accounting firm. The decision gave Trump legal hope after lower courts ruled against him and left the Supreme Court as his last chance to shield his records from being examined.

Congressional Oversight can not be done if they are obstructed for the duty to the american People to monitor actions of the president and others.

SpaceNut · 2020-05-19 16:29:13

Fighting to stay out of courts for Judge allows fraud suit against Trump, family and company to proceed

The boot on the charity has still been put in a long loop as well that was closed for fraud.

SpaceNut · 2020-07-09 17:53:59

Donald Trump cannot claim "absolute immunity" from criminal investigation while in office and may need to comply with a New York grand jury subpoena seeking his personal financial records. "no citizen, not even the President, is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding."

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is seeking 10 years of tax returns for Trump and his businesses as part of a probe into possible state tax fraud and with the charities being closed there is plenty of fraud in them. Not to mention his fake university....

The articles are all indicating frustration on the claims and I think they are getting tired of all of the challenges...

SpaceNut · 2020-07-18 17:40:32

Trump's campaign channeled nearly $400,000 to his private business in 2 days

•President Donald Trump's campaign sent nearly $400,000 to his private business in just two days, in 43 transactions.

SpaceNut · 2020-07-29 17:33:49

Watchdog group accuses Trump campaign of hiding $170 million in spending

"By failing to report payments to the campaign's true vendors and employees, the Trump campaign and Trump Make America Great Again Committee have violated, and continue to violate, federal law's ...

SpaceNut · 2020-08-17 17:30:53

An ethics lawsuit against President Donald Trump that argues his business interests are conflicts of interest and violate the US Constitution can continue in federal court, a federal appeals court said Monday

The lawsuit, the plaintiffs of which include a hotel operator and a group of restaurants, argues that Trump's "vast, complicated and secret" business arrangements violate a constitutional provision, the Emoluments Clause, which bars the president from accepting gifts from foreign governments without the permission of Congress.

Seems that the gifts received have gone missing or at least the documentation there in...
The Trump administration failed to provide records of gifts that former President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials received from foreign governments in 2020, according to the State Department.

Mars_B4_Moon · 2023-09-23 06:29:15

Nobody wanted to get it rolling as a house of cards could suddenly fall, both Republican and Democrat are known for corruption perhaps you would need to arrest half of them or 60-70% on both sides, most of them do insider trading as they get ready to pass the Laws the next day, fee, or profit from employment or office...a common happening

Visas for lovers, private jets and villas: Inside the bribery case Sen. Bob Menendez beat
https://nypost.com/2023/09/22/sen-bob-m … brazilian/
Charges of taking gold bars are not the New Jersey Democrat’s first corruption charges

Some retire themselves, Bob Ney resignation took place after he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and the US Republican making false statements in relation to the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal.

Tribal company hits ex-lawyer and legal giant with lawsuit
https://news.yahoo.com/tribal-company-h … 00334.html

kbd512 · 2023-09-23 16:50:22

SpaceNut,

Democrats are throwing more of their brain vomit at the Teflon Don to see what sticks. Can you name off a Democrat that's had more investigations and lawsuits arrayed against them that turned up nothing? I can't. This isn't about the law or justice, it's revenge for making them look like the moronic criminals that they've always been. We have a sitting President who has actually done everything that Democrats are charging President Trump with. After you politicize the law to the absurd degree that the Democrats have done, it's no longer about justice, it's about politics. Democrats are terrified that one of their fellow Democrats is going to out-Democrat a Democrat.

It's hilarious to watch how idiotic and impotent the Democrats are. They lack any ability to examine how their own behavior led us to where we are right now. Whenever something clearly isn't working, the most obvious response from a Democrat is to do even more of whatever they've been doing that isn't working.

Q: Why was President Trump, a life-long Democrat who switched parties, elected in the first place?
A: President Obama's administration was as much an economic disaster as President Biden.

That's it. That's why President Trump was elected. We needed someone who wasn't openly hostile to business and capitalism, if only so that the rest of us don't all wind up on the streets in service to their insufferably stupid economics policies. It's the economy, stupid. It's always been about the economy. You can do whatever other cultural revolution nonsense you want, so long as you don't hurt the economy, nobody will ever care. Why is that the one thing no Democrat has any clue about how to run? Well, when you've never had a real job, it's smoke, mirrors, and voodoo to them. They can't buy a clue. Hate President Trump all you want. Come up with a Democrat who understands kitchen table economics and they will probably remain in power forever.

Mars_B4_Moon · 2023-10-20 14:34:10

Special counsel in Hunter Biden probe to appear for closed-door congressional testimony

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 … unsel-to-/

Mars_B4_Moon · 2024-05-26 10:35:04

Different cultures, business and nations, the emolument clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any present, emolument, office, or title from any foreign state or its rulers or representatives, it seems the corruption happened long, long ago before Biden or Trump.

Trump: The Art of the Deal is a 1987 book credited to Donald J. Trump and journalist Tony Schwartz. Part memoir and part business-advice book, it was the first book credited to President Trump before he became President. Schwartz called writing the book his "greatest regret in life, without question," and both he and the book's publisher, Howard Kaminsky, alleged that Trump had played no role in the actual writing of the book. Trump has personally given conflicting accounts on the question of authorship.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190524112 … -his-life/

Before the full scale Russian Ukraine invasion

How does Russia view the West?
2015
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33821589

2015
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads … the-world/
6 charts showing how Russians see their country and the world

Russians are nostalgic for the era of the Soviet Union. Nearly seven-in-ten Russians (69%) say the breakup of the Soviet Union was a bad thing for Russia. Just 17% say it was a good thing. Older Russians, those ages 50 and older, are much more likely to say that the breakup of the USSR was a bad thing (85%). Only 44% of young Russians say the same, though around a quarter (27%) have no opinion, probably owing to the fact that 18- to 29-year-olds were children or not even born when the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s.

click bait videos or possibly very biased, there are lots of probelms with 'random' type 'street interviews' and how a question is phrased

Russians speak about British people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70vTaCLW2WY

Will you vote for Putin? 100 rural Russians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRvcvkP3BkM

'Are Russians Brainwashed?'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCV0nYQeX3s

Comparing Views of the U.S. and China in 24 Countries
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2023 … countries/
many see the US but not China favorably

'Ukrainians Name a Country They LIKE'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJYGDsMsm70

Belarusians name a country they don't like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwWlFdEbHQk

Indians View US as Biggest Threat After China, Survey Shows
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles … rvey-shows
Respondents said US bigger threat than arch-rival Pakistan

60% of those polled urged Modi to keep purchasing Russian oil

Brazil and the World
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2010 … the-world/
Overall, Iran has a negative image in Brazil. Nearly two-thirds (65%) have an unfavorable opinion of Iran, while just 18% hold a favorable view. Fully 85% of Brazilians oppose Iran acquiring nuclear weapons; only 5% support this idea. Among those who oppose a nuclear-armed Iran, 65% say they would approve of tougher international sanctions; 31% would disapprove.
Moreover, a slim majority of those who oppose Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons are willing to consider a military option – 54% say Iran should be prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons, even if that means taking military action. One-in-three Brazilians who oppose a nuclear-armed Tehran say it is more important to avoid military conflict with Iran, even if that means it may develop nuclear weapons.

liked but with stipulations and cautions

Japanese Still Trust Americans, With a Few Caveats
https://time.com/3773891/japanese-america-honesty/

Only 37% of Japanese considered Americans “honest.”

Israeli views of the U.S.
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2022 … -the-us-2/

Guyana doesn't have much of a military

Venezuela vs Guyana Military Power Comparison 2024 | Guyana vs Venezuela Military Power 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbRMHksgfsc
a social media channel called MilitaryTube

Americans confident in Zelenskyy, but have limited familiarity with some other world leaders
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads … d-leaders/

What Iranians think of the US and their own government
https://theconversation.com/what-irania … ent-129400

America’s soft power – its ability to attract others to follow its example – is in a shambles among the Iranian public.
IranPoll compared survey data collected by Zogby, another polling firm, showing that Iranians have had a declining view of American values over the last 15 years. For example, two-thirds of respondents agreed in 2019 that “America is a dangerous country that seeks confrontation and control,” compared to just under half in 2005.

Canada, Britain Favored Most in U.S.; Russia, N. Korea Least
https://news.gallup.com/poll/472421/can … least.aspx

Mexico and the United States: How We Perceive Each Other
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/me … each-other
2004

2005
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2005 … ed-states/
Arab and Muslim Perceptions of the United States

Americans Rate Canada, Britain, France, Japan Most Favorably
https://news.gallup.com/poll/390641/ame … rably.aspx

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