By Peter Stone
The Department of Justice (click here) has adopted a narrow interpretation of a law meant to bar foreign interests from corrupting federal officials, giving Saudi Arabia, China and other countries leeway to curry favor with Donald Trump via deals with his hotels, condos, trademarks and golf courses, legal and national security experts say.
The so-called foreign emoluments clause was intended to curb presidents and other government officials from accepting gifts and benefits from foreign governments unless Congress consents.
But in a forthcoming article in the Indiana Law Journal, the Washington University Law professor Kathleen Clark reveals justice department filings have recently changed tack. The new interpretation, Clark says, is contained in justice filings responding to recent lawsuits lodged by attorneys generals and members of Congress....
This is William Barr's idea of national security. He is a horrible AG. There is nothing nice to say about this man. I said it before, he is a defense attorney. That is all he is. Trump's new lap dog. What is more astounding is to realize how corrupt the Trump administration is and McConnell and Ryan did NOTHING to end it or prevent it. NOTHING. Even today, McConnell is cowering in his office trying to appease Trump with judicial appointments.
The Republican Party is the worst political party in the country and they have no respect for the USA Constitution or the Rule of Law. They can't even pick an Attorney General that can right Trump's ship. The White House is lost. The US House needs to carry forward its oversight, pick up the pieces of the negligence of the past Speaker and bring the truth to the American people.
I am looking forward to the US House receiving a full transcript and supporting documents of the Special Council report after the courts have ruled.
Trump and his administration is a disgrace.
Trump gave the entire country a reason to investigate him when he asked Russia to find emails and then published them on Wikileaks. Excuse me? That alone is a reason for everyone to question Trump's LOYALTY to the USA.
