Raskin demands Trump pay back $7.8 million from foreign governments: ‘Stunning violation’

Published January 12, 2024 9:43am ET



House Oversight Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) sent a letter to former President Donald Trump demanding that he return the more than $7 million his businesses made from foreign governments while he was president.

Last week, Raskin released a report detailing that 20 foreign governments spent at least $7.8 million at properties owned by Trump while he was president and claimed this was a violation of the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause, which prohibits sitting presidents from taking money from foreign states without the approval of Congress, which Trump did not have.

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