with these kinds of extensive business entanglements or a president who refused to adequately distance themselves from their holdings. president trump's businesses and his dealings violate the constitution's anticorruption provisions known as the the clauses. the two anticorruption provisions to prevent foreign and domestic entities from seeking to influence the president by bestowing money or other things of value on him. >> now, the justice department has already weighed in on this in a different case saying hotel payments can't possibly violate the clause. these are just fair market transactions, and sean spicer actually weighed in on this, too, saying this is just pure partisan gamesmanship. here's what he had to say, wolf. >> the president's interests do not violate the clause.