Trump Completes Sale of Washington Hotel to Investor Group
Those claims were among the many allegations in various lawsuits that Mr. Trump improperly profited from the presidency through payments made to the hotel by, among others, lobbyists and foreign governments. Suits from the State of Maryland and Democratic members of Congress cited the emoluments clauses of the Constitution, which prohibit federal officials from accepting financial benefits from foreign governments without congressional approval. The Trump family has paid the federal government a base rent of $3 million a year for the Old Post…