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emolument

noun as in payment

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I want to know how you can avoid the emoluments clause and still make wads of sweaty cash while serving as president.

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Among the offenses he cited are Trump’s denial of due process to expelled immigrants, impoundment of congressionally authorized spending and open solicitation of foreign emoluments.

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Gifts from a foreign government raise obvious questions under the foreign emoluments clause.

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Experts and other critics have for years accused Trump of violating constitutional constraints on the president and other federal officials accepting gifts, or “emoluments,” from foreign states without the express approval of Congress.

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We all learned what the word "emoluments" means.

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