There's going to be a lot of remedies. [Donald Trump] is also subject to other conflicts laws.The bribery laws are intended to prevent conflicts, for example. He's subject to criminal law. He's subject to civil law. He's going to be subject to litigation. He's already in a lot of cases. This is going to come up in existing litigation and there's going to be new litigation.
Norman L. EisenPeople are studying whether there's a cause of action that competitors, for example, would have if they're harmed by these foreign government payments.
Norman L. Eisen[Donald Trump] has moved to admit that there is a conflict of interest now and he needs to do something.
Norman L. Eisen[Donald] Trump must divest because of his web of domestic and international business relationships that create a conflict of interest for him.
Norman L. Eisen"The Constitution" has something called The Emoluments Clause. That's just a fancy, 18th century word for no foreign government payments. And Donald Trump is collecting foreign government payments and other benefits throughout his business.It is a direct violation of "The Constitution" and unless he divests, not just operations, he must divest from all business interests or he will be in violation of "The Constitution" from day one.
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