Legal blow: Appeals court revives lawsuit against Pres. Trump

A federal appeals court breathed new life into a lawsuit alleging that President Trump is illegally profiting from his hotels and restaurants in violation of the emoluments clause. [View in browser]( [Image]( SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 [Image]( A federal appeals court Friday breathed new life into a lawsuit claiming that President Donald Trump's profiting from restaurants and hotels patronized by government officials violates the Constitution. [NBC News' Pete Williams explains](: In late 2017, a judge [threw the case out](, concluding that the groups behind the lawsuit did not have a legal right to bring the challenge over a violation of the Constitution's [emoluments clause](, which forbids a president to receive financial benefits from foreign or domestic governments. But by a 2-1 vote, a panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said the judge was wrong to dismiss the case and sent it back with instructions to continue with the lawsuit. It was brought by a group of restaurant and hotel owners who say that both foreign and state government officials patronize Trump hotels and restaurants to curry favor from the president, putting them at a competitive disadvantage and hurting their businesses. [On tonight's Hardball with Chris Matthews](, Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold pointed out that today, Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Pompeo headlined [a private event at the Trump International Hotel]( in Washington. While speaking at that event, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo [mocked the Post's reporting]( on Trump's conflicts of interests. 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