>> in 2018, the u.s. district court in maryland ruled racine and frosh's lawsuit could proceed. but in july 2019, a panel of three judges, appointed by republican presidents in the fourth circuit court of appeals, ordered that the case be dismissed. they found that maryland's and d.c.'s ags didn't have standing to bring the lawsuit, and also found that the link between government officials' patronage of the hotel and the hotel's payments to the president himself was simply too attenuated or weak. the president won this round, but keep in mind there are two other separate emoluments lawsuits, from a citizens action group, and one from house democra democrats. they're also still in the courts. that means the stage is still set to figure out whether donald trump really did violate the oath he took on day one of his presidency. >> -- preserve, protect, and