12-06-2018, 11:53 AM
At the same time, there's a separate ongoing investigation into Trump's potential violations of the Constitution's emoluments clause (which prohibits using the presidency for personal financial gain).
One area of focus is the amount of money spent by the Saudis on Trump Hotel rooms. Of specific concern is a Saudi-funded operation which solicited U.S. veterans to lobby lawmakers in DC against the repeal of Obama's veto denying families of 9 / 11 the ability to sue the Saudi government for their alleged role in the attacks (15 of the 19 attackers were Saudis).
The veterans were put up at expensive Trump Hotels with food and drinks comp'd on four different occasions. Veterans interviewed said they were not informed that the lobbying was on behalf of Saudi Arabia and said they were instead told that the effort was on behalf of the U.S. military to ensure that U.S. soldiers couldn't be sued for actions in combat.
Refs:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost...e07c860125
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...d1189f7815
One area of focus is the amount of money spent by the Saudis on Trump Hotel rooms. Of specific concern is a Saudi-funded operation which solicited U.S. veterans to lobby lawmakers in DC against the repeal of Obama's veto denying families of 9 / 11 the ability to sue the Saudi government for their alleged role in the attacks (15 of the 19 attackers were Saudis).
The veterans were put up at expensive Trump Hotels with food and drinks comp'd on four different occasions. Veterans interviewed said they were not informed that the lobbying was on behalf of Saudi Arabia and said they were instead told that the effort was on behalf of the U.S. military to ensure that U.S. soldiers couldn't be sued for actions in combat.
Refs:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost...e07c860125
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...d1189f7815