Trump should have distanced himself from his real estate dealings a little more. WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Maryland and the District of Columbia can proceed with their lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of unconstitutionally accepting payments from foreign and state interests through his Washington hotel. The decision clears the way for the plaintiffs to seek financial records and other materials from the president's company. https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/...oor-financial-records-170918501--finance.html
The judge is obviously ignorant of the clause the lawsuit is citing. EARNINGS from businesses are NOT "GIFTS" or "BENEFITS". Baseless, desperate, TDS nonsense.
There are several possible ways to handle this, first, does Trump even own the property or does he lend his name to it? Next, like what the DoJ is doing now, he can simply say he'll hand them over and then not do it, then what? Or Trump could hand over his tax returns with everything except this hotel stuff redacted since his other business interests are not in question. Or he could simply say, and I'm being serious here, that if his business dealings become public then those businesses and the people who work in them could be targeted by his enemies and the violent left. Finally, Trump's tax returns aren't needed to determine if he profited from the hotel, that information can be gotten from the hotel's financial records.
Third thread (so far) on this. What will happen is that this will not survive interlocutory appeal. Any sane, ethical judge, regardless of political persuasion would kick this out and back to the legislature like a hot potato. What this -will- be is yet another opportunity for TDS media to go into endless, windy anti Trump "legal analysis" and then look like the complete hack-buffoons they are when it gets kicked. BTW, the Clinton appointee in question is the same judge who disallowed use of the word "Redskin" in court in a case involving the Washington Redskins. Let that sink in for a second.
