I thought the same thing. The video right above your comment is the best, succinct explanation I’ve seen yet.
Seems to me like they filed the suit wrong, assuming they knew T’s habit of dragging lawsuits out for several years.
But there’s nothing stopping someone from having another go at it, going for damages instead of simply getting him to stop.
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Or charging him with a crime.
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But regardless, he gets to keep the money, right?
Good example for the rest of us.
It’s all about the bucks: all else is noise or dodge.
Exactly. If a President can only be held to account during his time in office and a full Presidential term isn’t enough time to litigate a violation of the Emoluments Clause then that effectively makes the law meaningless.
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Maybe a rival hotel could sue for lost revenues from groups having business before the government feeling required to book rooms at Trump’s hotel. I do not know all the emolument crimes he committed because for my own peace of mind I skimmed over a lot of his lesser crimes. I did not want to get as mad as a QAnon Trump cult member, either mood wise or sanity wise.
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