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#emoluments clause

Constitutional provisions (Article I, Sections 9 and 10) prohibiting federal officeholders from accepting payments or gifts from foreign governments without congressional consent. Incidents involve violations through business dealings and financial entanglements.

1 incident

Grade 2 of 5: Major Abuse of Power

Trump Emoluments: Foreign Government Payments Through Business Deals, Gifts, and Cryptocurrency

An unprecedented pattern of foreign government payments flowing to the president's personal businesses and financial ventures, including real estate deals in Vietnam, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf states, the LIV Golf partnership, a $400 million Qatari jet, and cryptocurrency schemes — prompting multiple Senate resolutions, introduced but not passed, that characterize the arrangements as Emoluments Clause violations.