US President Donald Trump along with members of the coronavirus take force meets with pharmaceutical executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday.
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Without ruling on the contents of the case, a federal appeals court reversed a decision made last year by three of its judges who had closed the matter based on procedural issues. The decision means that the proceedings brought by the attorneys general in Washington and the neighboring state of Maryland, which accuse the president of violating the “emoluments clause” of the US constitution, can continue for now.
The plaintiffs say the clause is violated when foreign delegations patronize the Trump International Hotel, near the White House, in an effort to curry favor with the president.
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