Friday, 3 May 2019

Analysis: What are emoluments and is Trump taking them from foreign powers?

When Benjamin Franklin, the first US ambassador to France, was given a diamond-encrusted snuff box by the King, he followed the rules against "emoluments" to officials by foreign states and asked Congress if he could keep it. They said sure, and he did.


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