If you're like most Americans, you are probably wondering, "What is the Emoluments Clause?"
The so-called "Emoluments Clause" or "Nobility Clause" provides that: "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
Well known U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Detroit filed suit against President Donald Trump alleging that payments by foreign governments to Trump’s businesses violated the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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