than making that $130,000 to stormy daniels. he s as close as one might be able to get to donald trump and the trump family without being family. one friend described him this way. he said, he is the man if you ever are in trouble at 3:00 a.m. in the morning, and you need someone to help, this is the man to do it. he gained a reputation throughout working within the trump universe as being the pit bull, the man who could get things done. he s been getting things done with the trump business empire since 2006. prior to being trump s personal attorney, he was executive vice president of the trump organization and for a certain period of time, also worked in trump entertainment. the bottom line, erin, he knows the business side of the world. he also know nows the political side of the world as well. erin? and jason, you re standing outside, i believe, of the hotel, one of the locations that was searched, where he was believed to have been staying, as this happened, michael cohen, that i
what s going to be critically important is getting the judge to decide what the emonthly u meants clause means. he s taken the position that it only prohibits payments in connection with an office. that s not what it says. from foreign governments or entities controlled by foreign governments. it s going to be important how the federal judge interprets the constitution, explain it to the president so he can understand what the rules are here, at this point he s refusing to comply with the constitution, and not just with respect to this hotel, with respect to the entire trump business empire which is taking money from foreign governments. when i was attorney general, judges wouldn t let us bring cases if we didn t actually have injuries. and i would note the judge in this case, the maryland case
obviously trump would love if this case were dismissed, but what kind of legal trouble could the president be in here if this case doesn t go his way, richard? well, i think that the judge would first interpret the emoluments clause and explain to the president what it means. which means profits and benefits from foreign governments are prohibited for a united states government official and then enjoin him from receiving those profits and benefits in connection with that hotel, it might be up to other courts to enjoin profits and benefits from foreign governments in connection with other parts of the trump business empire. and also there s congress. congress has an obligation to enforce the constitution with respect to the executive branch. if the president wants to violate the constitution, he needs to be removed. and congress needs to get off its behind and investigate these emoluments throughout the trump business empire and all i m hearing from members of congress
foreign governments in connection with other parts of the trump business empire. and also there s congress. congress has an obligation to enforce the constitution with respect to the executive branch. if the president wants to violate the constitution, he needs to be removed. and congress needs to get off its behind and investigate these emoluments and investigate this all i m hearing is they don t want to deal with it. i think the judge has a critical role here in explaining what the rules are, then we re going to go about enforcing the rules. we will see as this moves on. we have a revolving door in the white house. today it is the va secretary, tomorrow, who knows. how can the trump administration govern in the midst of one shakeoff after another after
the federal judge interprets the constitution, explain it to the president so he can understand what the rules are here, because at this point, he is refusing to comply with the constitution, and not just with respect to this hotel, with respect to the entire trump business empire, which is taking money from foreign governments. ken, what did you want to say? yeah, don, when i was attorney general, judges wouldn t let us bring cases if we didn t actually have injuries. and i would note the judge in this case, the maryland case said that maybe maryland s convention center and d.c. s convention center might be losing some business. the word might is what i zeroed in on. that would have never passed muster when president obama was the president. it would have never passed muster and it didn t. we had to show actual injury we can prove today. and i wonder if this standing is