Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) demanded former President Donald Trump return the $7.8 million foreign governments paid to his company while he served as president in a letter released on Friday.
“I write today to demand that you immediately return to the American people the $7,886,072 that we know you have accepted from foreign governments in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause — a fact you admitted, once again, at a Fox News town hall this week,” Raskin wrote in the letter addressed to Trump.
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In addition to repaying the full $7.8 million Trump received from foreign governments to the U.S. Treasury, Raskin called on the former president and 2024 presidential candidate to “provide Congress with a full accounting of all payments, benefits, or other emoluments you received from foreign governments or their agents, including through the more than 500 entities you own, during your term as president.”
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Raskin’s letter to Trump demanding he repay his foreign government payments comes as Republicans seek to impeach President Joe Biden for allegedly receiving payments from foreign governments through his son, Hunter Biden. Republicans, however, have not presented nor found any evidence that such payments to Biden occurred or exist. Raskin has instead shown that Trump received copious payments from foreign governments, including $5.5 million from China.
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