At Least One Democratic Congressman Is Already Preparing to Impeach Donald Trump
January 18, 2017
Rep. Jamie Raskin says the president-elect's business dealings put him on a crash course with the Emoluments Clause.
Donald Trump won't be sworn into office for another 48 hours, and at least one Democratic congressman has already seen enough.
In a discussion with "Young Turks" reporter Eric Byler at the Bowie State University health care rally this weekend, newly elected Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) revealed that one of his first orders of business will be impeaching the president-elect.
"Right now it looks pretty obvious that he's on a collision course with the Emoluments Clause," he noted. "He has refused to divest himself of tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of business interests he has around the world doing business with foreign governments."
As Raskin rightly observes, the Emoluments Clause is designed to inoculate the executive office from corrupting foreign influences.
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