Scottish government facing legal pressure to investigate Trump golf courses purchased in cash

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The Scottish government is facing a legal challenge by a human rights group requesting a judicial review of Parliament’s refusal to investigate former President Donald Trump‘s all-cash purchases of two golf courses.

Avaaz, an international nonprofit organization focused on issues such as human rights and climate change, filed a petition on Monday in Scotland’s highest civil court in hopes of reviving an effort in forcing Trump to disclose how he financed two courses he bought in 2005 and 2014, according to Reuters.

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