Trump to ask Supreme Court to stop emoluments lawsuit claiming president profits unlawfully from D.C. hotel

In both decisions, judges ruled along partisan lines, with Democratic appointees siding with Maryland and D.C. and Republican appointees siding with Trump.

In a partial exception, Chief Judge Roger Gregory, who sided with the majority of the full court, was first named to the bench by Democrat Bill Clinton as a recess appointment but was reappointed by Republican George W. Bush. 

Trump has withstood a similar emoluments suit, brought against him by congressional Democrats, on technical grounds. In February, the federal appeals court in D.C. threw out the suit on the grounds that individual lawmakers can’t represent Congress in cases against the president.

A third emoluments case against the president, brought by the good government group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and others, was allowed to continue by the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last September. 

Trump and his attorneys have fought vigorously against lawsuits and oversight investigations brought by Democrats, referring to the actions as “presidential harassment.” 

In a particularly high-profile example, on Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments from the Justice Department and Trump’s personal attorneys seeking to overturn lower court rulings that would require Trump’s banks and longtime accounting firm to hand over his financial records, including his tax returns, to state prosecutors and Congress. 

A decision in those cases is expected in the coming weeks. 

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