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President Trump is taking foreign money through his businesses, which is in violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

— Zephyr Teachout

"The Constitution" has something called The Emoluments Clause. That's just a fancy, 18th century word for no foreign government payments. And Donald Trump is…

— Norman L. Eisen

Some of the conflict of interest laws do apply to the president, particularly The Emoluments Clause to "The Constitution," which prohibits any type of…

— Reince Priebus

The emoluments clause is in the Constitution for a reason: We, as Americans, need to know that the president acts in our best interests,…

— Rashida Tlaib

Once Donald Trump takes the oath of office as president of the United States, the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution makes it clear that…

— Chuck Todd

The Emoluments section shares with the Constitution. That`s not a law that Congress could change or the president could ignore.

— Chuck Todd

I am concerned that Donald Trump walks into the White House a walking conflict of interest in violation of the emoluments clause of the…

— Katrina vanden Heuvel

If [Donald Trump] doesn't make sure that all the foreign government payments - and this includes banks and other corporations owned by foreign governments…

— Reince Priebus

Every president since George Washington has respected this clause in the Constitution. We want to avoid that Constitutional potential crisis. And the way to…

— Chuck Todd

The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not related to his office. But the costs of that…

— Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Donald Trump can, for example, imply the threat that federal business will be withheld from some of companies. That's possibly dangerous precedent. You know…

— Greg Ip

The president is exempt from the conflict of interest rules that all other administrations must - administration officials must abide by.

— George Stephanopoulos