chris jansing reports starts right now. good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. there s explosive new evidence out today showing then president donald trump got $7.8 million courtesy of foreign countries, more than half of it from china. the allegations about the money paid to trump s businesses while he was in office coming in a highly detailed new report from house democrats. so what s congress going to do about it? plus, new year, same harrowing story, a school shooting stunning a small town in iowa, multiple students and an administrator believed to be among the wounded. we ll get a live update in just a few minutes. and as the battle over the ballot heats up, will colorado be the catalyst to that finally bottoms the supreme court to weigh in? the latest on donald trump s appeal and where the legal fight goes from here. . but we begin with that brand new report alleging donald trump unconstitutionally profited while president. com
when the republicans are forever scrutinizing hunter biden s profits from foreign countries, you know, this money wasn t pouring into the eric trump hotel or the don jr. hotel. it was pouring into donald trump s hotels, his properties, and it sure appears as representative raskin puts in th forward of this report, that donald trump violated the emoluments clause of the constitution. letead something from this report, quote, arm 1, section 9, clause 8 of the constitution forbids the president to accept money, payments, or gifts of any kind whatever from foreign governments and monarchs unless he obtains the consent of congress to do it. it is absolutely unconstitutional what he did? yeah, and i will quote representative raskin in the forward to this report, which is appropriately titled white house for sale. he said donald trump violated both the clear commands of the