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Judge Dismisses Ethics Lawsuit Against Trump

HeadlineDec 22, 2017

A federal judge has thrown out an ethics lawsuit against President Trump. The suit had alleged Trump had violated the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution in part by accepting foreign government money via the new Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue, just blocks from the White House. The group that filed the lawsuit, CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, has vowed to appeal the ruling.

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