Trump Answers Emolument Suit by Saying He Knows Very Little
- First substantive response is filed in joint DC-Maryland suit
- Democratic AGs claim president is violating U.S. Constitution
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President Donald Trump filed his first factual response to a lawsuit accusing him of violating the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clauses, saying he’s the beneficiary of a trust set up to run his Washington hotel but doesn’t know who his guests are or how much they spend.
The District of Columbia and Maryland accuse Trump of violating Constitutional provisions that bar him from personally profiting from foreign or state governments. Justice Department lawyers filed their first substantive response late Wednesday, six weeks after a federal judge in Greenbelt, Maryland, denied for a second time their request to dismiss the case.