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2 attorneys general to subpoena Trump Organization, IRS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland plan to file subpoenas seeking records from the Trump Organization, the Internal Revenue Service and dozens of other entities in their lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency.
The Maryland attorney general’s office confirmed the subpoena details to The Associated Press as they were being prepared on Tuesday.
Their case alleges that foreign and domestic government spending at Trump’s Washington, D.C., hotel amounts to gifts to the president in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clause.
The Justice Department has indicated it plans to appeal to a higher court. It declined to comment.
The subpoenas target more than 30 Trump-linked private entities and the federal agency that oversees the lease for Trump’s D.C. hotel, plus multiple federal agencies.
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This is beautiful this organized cac organization is about to collapse.
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I love you, you know.
I still don't understand the grammatical construction of the term "attorneys general".
It grinds my gears every time I read/hear it.
It grinds my gears every time I read/hear it.
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General is descriptive, it isn't a noun in relation to the title, so you can't make it plural.
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Change is inevitable...
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We have a fine selection of Subpoena Antipasti for those who aren't interested in the Calamari
White supremacy before anything breh. These Cacs showing their babaric behavior. Disgusting
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The Power Circle
I'ma just put it out there, Jr's ex-wife is wild serviceable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...e13dc0-f4db-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html
D.C., Maryland begin seeking Trump financial documents in case related to his D.C. hotel
David A. Fahrenthold
The attorneys general for Maryland and the District of Columbia are issuing subpoenaes for financial records and other documents from more than a dozen of President Trump’s private entities Tuesday as part of an ongoing lawsuit alleging that the president’s business violates the Constitution’s ban on gifts or payments from foreign governments.
The subpoenas seek details on some of the most closely held secrets of Trump’s presidency: Which foreign governments have paid the Trump Organization money? How much? And for what?
All of the documents relate to Trump’s D.C. hotel, which is at the center of the emoluments case because of events foreign governments have held there and the federal lease that allows the business to operate.
In addition to documents from more than a dozen related to the president’s company, including the trust that holds his personal assets, Maryland’s Brian Frosh (D) and the District’s Karl Racine (D), are seeking documents from managers of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and a slew of competing Washington hotels as part of an effort to try to show Trump’s property is unfairly siphoning business from competitors, according to the two attoney generals’ offices.
Also receiving subpoenas are a number of federal agencies that may have some information about Trump’s hotel, which operates in the federally owned Old Post Office Pavilion on Pennsylvania Avenue downtown. At the top of the list is the General Services Administration, which leases the property to Trump’s company.
Other agencies receiving subpoenas are the Commerce Department, the Defense Department, the Agriculture Department and the Internal Revenue Service. The State of Maine also received a subpoena due to a visit Gov. Paul LePage (R) made to the hotel in early 2017.
The Justice Department and Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Since Trump won the 2016 election, his hotel in Washington has hosted events put on by the embassies of Kuwait, Bahrain and the Phillippines – all U.S. allies. The Saudi government spent at least $270,000 to reserve hotel rooms and banquet rooms at the D.C. hotel, according to foreign lobbying records. And at Trump’s hotel in New York, the general manager credited travelers accompanying the Saudi Crown prince for spending so much money this spring, they helped the whole hotel turn a profit for the quarter.
But those transactions, which were discovered by reporters, may not be the only ones. Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump White House have provided any comprehensive accounting of which foreign governments have paid money to the president’s businesses – and, by extension, to the president who still owns them. Nor have they said what these countries paid for, which might address concerns that they might be over-paying for services to curry favor with Trump.
Now, after nearly two years of litigating, the attorneys general have filed formal requests for this data. Their argument: The Constitution’s emoluments clause was designed to prevent the public from being left to wonder if the president had unseen business relationships with foreign powers.
The subpoenaed documents could lead to interviews with top officials within the Trump organization. The GSA, for example, receives monthly reports from the Trump Organization detailing the hotel’s costs and revenue.
The plaintiffs are also seeking tax records related to the president’s business, though they did not request the president’s personal tax returns.
It is unclear how much of the information -- even if it is entered into the court record -- may be released to the public. Many of the documents being sought by the plaintiffs are held by third-party hotel operators.
U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte in Greenbelt, Md. this summer allowed the lawsuit to move forward in the case, which alleges the president is violating little-used, anti-corruption ‘emolument’ clauses of the Constitution by continuing to do business with foreign governments.
As part of their case, Racine and Frosh must show that similar venues, such as the convention center, lost business because of competition from the Trump Hotel.
Justice Department attorneys have repeatedly sought to delay the case to prevent or at least put off discovery, a process in which attorneys can seek documents and depositions in the case. In court filings, the attorneys have argued that the president has not received emoluments, that D.C. and Maryland do not have standing to bring such action, and that the judge should dismiss the case.
Recently the Justice Department asked Messitte to stay the case and allow a higher court to intervene, a request he denied last month, instead ordering the plaintiffs to submit a schedule for discovery.
The agency’s attorneys again asked Messitte for a stay Friday, in the hope that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit would intervene.
Messitte has limited discovery to information related to the president’s District hotel. This is the second civil case in which Trump’s business is now subject to discovery, after Trump agreed to produce portions of his calendar from 2007 and 2008 in a defamation lawsuit brought by former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos.
Separately, the judge has not yet ruled on the president’s request to dismiss the lawsuit against him in his private, unofficial capacity. Trump’s personal lawyers reupped their request in a new filing on Monday for a ruling before the parties begin the discovery process.
The president, his attorneys say, should not be burdened with negotiations over documents and records if the complaint against him could ultimately be dismissed.
“The President, in turn, will be drawn into the inevitable disputes that will arise as discovery progresses,” wrote Trump’s lawyer William S. Consovoy. “The President will suffer the very burdens from which absolute immunity is supposed to shield him.”
A second emoluments case, brought by 198 Congressional Democrats, could open the president’s company to discovery beyond the D.C. hotel. A district judge in D.C. has so far allowed that case to proceed.
Trump resigned from his business when he entered the White House but still owns it and can benefit from it financially. His sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump now run the company.
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The Power Circle
Much better looking when she hit middle age and got around some money.