Appeals court reinstates case alleging Pres. Trump illegally benefits from properties.
A federal appeals court in New York on Friday reinstated a case filed by a D.C.-based watchdog group and restaurant and hotel owners alleging that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution and unfairly benefiting from visits by foreign and state government officials to his private properties.
A federal district judge in New York had dismissed the case in December 2017, finding that the watchdog group, Citizens For Responsible Ethics, and the restaurant and hotel owners, did not have the legal standing to sue -- that Congress would need to file a lawsuit. "We also note that there is no logic to the district court’s proposition that, because some government patrons might be drawn to Trump establishments by curiosity, this means that none of them patronize his establishments in the hope of currying the President’s favor by enriching him," Judge Pierre Leval wrote in the decision.
Jay Sekulow, the president’s personal attorney, has repeatedly accused those seeking to target the president over alleged violations of the Emoluments Clauses of engaging in “presidential harassment.”
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