The suit is the latest from CREW, an organization headed by ethics lawyers Norm Eisen and Richard Painter, of the Barack Obama and George W. Bush administrations, respectively. Another suit brought by CREW in the Southern District of New York alleges that by maintaining ownership of his businesses, Trump is violating the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause, which bars elected officials from taking gifts from foreign governments. CREW is also advising Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh and D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on a similar emoluments lawsuit against the president.

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