Federal judge rejects Trump request to dismiss Democrats' Emoluments Clause lawsuit

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected President Trump’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Trump has violated the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled that the more than 200 Democratic senators and members of Congress behind the lawsuit had reason to seek an injunction in the case and that their request is constitutional. The president is facing a similar lawsuit from the District of Columbia and Maryland over alleged Emoluments Clause violations. The ruling comes as Trump has recently turned to the courts in an attempt to spurn Democratic investigations into him, his family and his private businesses.