A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump brought by Democratic lawmakers, who accuse him of illegally profiting from his vast business holdings around the world.
The three-panel judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the 215 Congress members who brought the suit did not have standing to sue in the case. The case is centered on allegations that the billionaire president had violated the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause, which prevents any “person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
