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[link removed] [[link removed]] John,

If Donald Trump serves a second term as president of the United States and fails to divest from his businesses, he will once again violate the Constitution’s Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses.

To be in compliance with the Constitution, before taking office, Trump must fully divest himself from businesses receiving benefits from foreign or domestic governments — but he hasn’t before, and he has given no indication that he will do so if elected this November.

We’ll break down the Emoluments Clause a bit more below, but I’m asking you to take action first. Donald Trump has broken the law *many* times, and we believe that he shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it. If you agree, I’m asking you to support CREW’s work to hold Trump accountable and defend the Constitution. → [[link removed]]

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The framers of our Constitution didn’t want a president’s loyalty to be compromised by personal financial interests, so they included the Emoluments Clauses in the Constitution to prohibit financial conflicts of interest by sitting presidents and other government officials.

– The Foreign Emoluments clause bars the president from receiving payments, profits, gains or advantages from foreign governments, without the consent of Congress.
– The Domestic Emoluments clause bars the president from payments, profits, gains or advantages from the federal government itself or the individual states, outside of his or her government salary and benefits.

But during his term as president, Donald Trump never sought or received permission from Congress to accept foreign emoluments that came from payments to his businesses, and he didn’t divest from his business to prevent the acceptance of domestic emoluments.

Former President Trump’s tax returns revealed that he and his businesses received up to $160 million from foreign sources while he served in government. These illegal emoluments include millions from dozens of foreign governments, including at least $5.5 million from the Chinese government alone.

In a second term, the scale of Trump’s abuse of these anti-corruption laws would only increase.

Trump’s businesses are poised to receive millions of dollars in constitutionally prohibited payments during a potential second term:

*
Trump
is
the
majority
stakeholder
of
the
publicly
traded
Trump
Media
&
Technology
Group,
the
owner
of
social
media
platform
Truth
Social.
Trump
becomes
eligible
to
sell
his
holdings
of
TMTG
stock
as
soon
as
September
20.
Any
substantial
purchase
of
that
stock
by
foreign
or
domestic
governments
while
Trump
holds
a
significant
number
of
shares
would
raise
emoluments
concerns.
*
CREW’s
research
of
the
public
record
indicates
that
five
foreign
governments
would
pay
Trump’s
business
a
total
of
nearly
$2
million
in
monthly
fees
for
units
in
New
York’s
Trump
World
Tower
during
a
potential
second
term.
The
Saudi-funded
LIV
Golf
league
has
hosted
six
events
at
Trump
clubs
since
Trump
left
office.
LIV
Golf
may
continue
to
pay
Trump
businesses
to
host
golf
tournaments
during
a
potential
second
term.
*
Since
2021,
the
Trump
Organization
has
signed
three
new
agreements
with
an
international
developer
for
Trump-branded
developments
in
Oman,
Saudi
Arabia
and
the
United
Arab
Emirates.
These
projects
may
receive
significant
benefits
from
these
governments
during
a
potential
second
Trump
presidential
term.

In spite of Trump’s efforts to avoid transparency, publicly available records reveal a mountain of violations of the Emoluments Clauses from his first term that would likely increase in a second one.

John, Trump has got away with violating the law for far too long. We believe it’s time to hold him accountable, and we need your help to do it.

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Thank you,

Virginia Canter
Chief Ethics Counsel
CREW
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