Former President Trump was charged with violating the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution by using his presidential powers to benefit his own businesses while in office, but the Supreme Court ruled against him on the 25th. The Supreme Court’s decision was not accompanied by an opinion or dissenting opinion. The Trump Organization did not comment on the decision.
In May 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit voted 9 to 6 to deny the Trump Organization’s motion to stay the case, which the Trump Organization appealed to the Supreme Court.
After Trump won the 2016 election, he did not deliver a blind trust to a private business when he took office, continuing to hold control and interest in the Family business, and Trump Group companies continue to do business with foreign and local governments.
The lawsuits filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonprofit ethics watchdog group, and the states of Maryland and Washington, D.C., each allege that Trump clearly violated the Emoluments Clause’s prohibition on presidential gifts from local or foreign governments.
D.C. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics filed a similar lawsuit against Trump’s New York City hotel and motel.
In the lawsuit filed in Maryland and D.C., Trump is accused of accepting money from guests of the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., many of whom were foreign nationals.
However, since President Biden won the 2020 election, the State of Massachusetts, D.C., and D.C. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics have filed separate petitions to stop the case.
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine told the court, “The outcome of the election has made it unnecessary for the court to get involved.
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