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Federal judge: Congressional Democrats can sue Trump over emoluments
A lawsuit filed by 200 congressional Democrats alleging President Trump is violating the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign governments can move forward, a federal judge ruled Friday.
The Constitution’s emoluments clause prohibits presidents from receiving payments from foreign governments, without congressional approval, and was meant to prevent corruption and foreign influence.
Trump’s hotel just blocks away from the White House has hosted events for foreign governments and visiting officials while he’s been in office.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/federal-judge-congressional-democrats-can-sue-trump-over-emoluments?
US Evacuating Consulate In Iraq, Citing Threats From Iran
On Friday the State Department announced it is evacuating all non-essential personnel from the US consulate in Basra, Iraq.
The drastic move comes after a month of heavy anti-Iran and anti-Iraqi government protests that have gripped the southern city, which has led to sectarian rioting and the burning of Shia militia buildings, as well as the torching of the Iranian consulate early this month. During the first week of September the US embassy in Baghdad's green zone also came under attack by mortar fire, which US officials and military analysts blamed on Iran-backed militias.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited threats from Iran as the reason for ordering the Basra consulate evacuation, and in a separate statement a senior US official confirmed to CNN that the "ordered departure" was due to "security threats from Iran."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-28/us-evacuating-consulate-iraq-citing-threats-iran
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