This resolution directs the Senate Legal Counsel to file a civil lawsuit in the name of the Senate. The lawsuit would seek to stop President Donald J. Trump from accepting certain benefits from foreign states without Congress's consent. The resolution points to a reported plan involving a plane from Qatar and business deals involving a firm backed by the United Arab Emirates and a company partly owned by Trump and his family.
The resolution would authorize a lawsuit on behalf of the Senate. It does not itself decide whether the Constitution was violated. No direct change to individual rights or services is described.
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The resolution's sponsors state that the Foreign Emoluments Clause protects the nation's interests and public trust by limiting what the President may accept from foreign states without Congress's consent.
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