A new report by Democrats on the House Oversight committee documents more than $7.8 million in payments from at least 20 foreign governments — including China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar — to businesses owned by then-President Trump during two years of his presidential term.
It is illegal for presidents to accept any money from foreign governments without congressional approval per Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which states that “no person holding any office … shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.”
Democrats say at least 20 foreign governments or state-controlled businesses paid Trump-owned businesses during his presidential term.
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