21-06-2017 01:01 via vtdigger.org

Delegation joins constitutional lawsuit against Trump

President Donald Trump. Photo by Gage SkidmoreVermont’s congressional delegation has joined nearly 200 fellow members of Congress in a legal action accusing President Donald Trump of violating a clause of the Constitution barring him from accepting gifts or other benefits from foreign countries.
“Nobody’s above the law,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Tuesday in a news conference in the Capitol. “Every member of Congress has to follow it, every one of you has to fo
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