House Democrats, in a recent report, revealed that former US President Donald Trump pocketed a minimum of $7.8 million from foreign governments while in office.
The report, released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, highlighted payments made to Trump’s businesses over a two-year period by 20 foreign governments. According to Representative Jamie Raskin, leading member of the Oversight Committee, this income came from “some of the world’s most unsavory regimes.” China topped the list, contributing over $5.5 million to Trump-owned properties, with other countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, India, and Afghanistan also making payments, the report said.
Raskin said that these payments violate the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause, designed to prevent the president from accepting any form of payments or gifts from foreign governments without congressional consent.—Agencies
