Donald Trump's statement on the victory of the emoluments criticized by a Harvard law professor

President Donald Trump said this week that he had won a lawsuit for emoluments after a federal court of appeal dismissed the lawsuit. A law professor and constitutional law expert at Harvard says these are "bullshit".

The lawsuit, filed by Washington, DC, and Maryland, called into question the legality of payments to Trump hotels by foreign officials after his election to the presidency. They claimed that the president had violated the constitutional emoluments clause, which forbids members of the US government from receiving gifts from foreign states without congressional consent.

On Monday, a panel of three US Circuit Court of Fourth Circuit judges found that states were not legally entitled to sue Trump. In its decision, the court stated that the argument was "so muted and abstract" that it raised the question of whether the case was an appropriate use of the judicial system.

Trump quickly claimed victory as a result of the court's decision, writing the TwitteA: "We have just learned that I have won a large part of the witch hunt provoked by a deep and democratic state." Unanimous decision in my favor at the US Court of Appeals. United for the fourth circuit on the ridiculous Emoluments deal. "

Laurence Tribe, a law professor at Harvard, fought back against Trump, noting that the president had not won at all.

"That's bullshit, of course, he did not win," tweeted Tribe, explaining that the appeal panel had simply ruled that DC and Maryland did not have standing. "[A]He always uses the Oval Office to steal the blind and fill his coffers with piles of rubles that put him in the hands of our opponents, "continued Tribe.

These are all bullshit, of course. He did not "win" (the court just said that DC and Md did not have standing) and he still uses the Oval Office to rob us of the blind and fill his vaults with piles of rubles which puts him in debt on our part. opponents. https://t.co/TP2rmZljkw

– Laurence Tribe (@Tribelaw) July 12, 2019

Trump still faces a similar lawsuit filed by Democratic members of Congress. Earlier this week, the Department of Justice asked the court to also file this second case.

Last month, accusations that Trump violated the emoluments clause have multiplied after a Washington Post The survey revealed that its private companies had received more than $ 1.6 million from Republicans and various federal agencies.

According to the report, one-third of Trump's fundraising efforts since taking office took place on his own premises. Republicans also often organize events at Trump companies in hopes that the president will make an appearance.

Democratic Representative Jerry Nadler, Chair of the Judiciary Committee of the House, responded to To post analysis in a tweet Friday morning in which he provided the relevant text of Article 1 of the Constitution:

"And no person holding a profit-making or fiduciary function under their authority shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept any gift, emolument, office or title of any kind whatsoever from any King , from a prince or from a foreign state, "Nadler tweeted.

The post office It is also assumed that the amount of money that Trump has earned because of his visits and campaigns on his company's premises probably represents a lot more than $ 1.6 million. But official records of government spending were only available during the first half of 2017.