Justice Department asks appeals court to end Trump emoluments case

[Borealis]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-emoluments/justice-department-asks-appeals-court-to-end-trump-emoluments-case-idUSKBN1OG276

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department on Monday asked a federal appeals court to step in and halt a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption
provisions in the U.S. Constitution after the trial judge ruled the case could proceed.

The department asked the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte’s rulings that let the Democratic attorneys general of
Maryland and the District of Columbia move ahead with the lawsuit against the Republican president, including requests for tax returns and revenue statements.

The department’s request represents an aggressive legal move because federal appellate courts like the 4th Circuit typically do not weigh in on legal disputes until there is a judgment
at a lower court level. Trump’s legal team said this was a rare case in which emergency interim relief was necessary.

“The complaint rests on a host of novel and fundamentally flawed constitutional premises, and litigating the claims would entail intrusive discovery into the President’s personal
financial affairs and the official actions of his Administration,” Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing.

The lawsuit, filed in June 2017, said Trump failed to disentangle himself from his hotels and other businesses, making him vulnerable to inducements by foreign officials seeking to
curry favor. One of the Constitution’s emoluments provisions bars U.S. officials from accepting gifts or other emoluments from foreign governments without congressional approval.

[Curls]

litigating the claims would entail intrusive discovery into the President’s personal financial affairs

Yeah that's the point lol

[That Deer]

Literally begging them not to investigate.

[Curls]

Golly what EVER could THEY be HIDING

[Borealis]

Being legally uncouth by directly asking the appeals court too.

[arlygoodbrownie]

"hey uh can you uh not look into whether or not we did anything wrong, we'd like to remain in the realm of plausible deniability, thanks"

Like I hate the excuse of "if you have nothing to hide, why are you trying to hide it" but lmao cmon

[Sableye]

what's novel is a president running a billion dollar company on the side and taking kickbacks for political favors.

[elix]

Republicans almost needed therapist interventions because they wouldn't stop reinvestigating Benghazi in search of any way to pin the blame on Hillary Clinton, but god fucking forbid you even try and investigate a man whose own public statements reveal an ongoing pattern of impeachably criminal behaviour when he's their guy.

Party of law and order my scrote