>>> TURNING TO OR MONEY LEAD.
ETHICS GROUP IS SUING PRESIDENT 
TRUMP ACCUSING HIM OF VIOLATING 
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION BY 
ACCEPTING PAYMENTS FROM FOREIGN 
GOVERNMENTS THROUGH HIS GLOBAL 
BUSINESS EMPIRE.
THIS AS CNN OBTAINED A LETTER 
SIGNED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING
HE HAS RESIGNED FROM EVERY 
POSITION HE HELD IN MORE THAN 
400 BUSINESSES.
IT'S PART OF TODAY'S INSTALLMENT
OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST WATCH.
WE'RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK TODAY
INTO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LAUNDRY 
LIST OF POTENTIAL ETHICS 
CONCERNS.
LET'S BRING IN CNN MONEY 
CORRESPONDENT, CHRISTINA, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THIS 
MORNING THE FEDERAL LAWSUIT IS, 
QUOTE, WITHOUT MERIT.
IS HE RIGHT?
DOES THIS LAWSUIT HAVE ANY 
CHANCE?
>> WELL, IT'S REALLY DEBATABLE 
BECAUSE THE PLAINTIFFS IN THIS 
LAWSUIT HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY 
ARE SOMEHOW HARMED BY PRESIDENT 
TRUMP VIOLATING THE SO-CALLED 
EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE IN THE 
CONSTITUTION.
AND THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO 
PULL OFF.
ESSENTIALLY THINK ABOUT IT THIS 
WAY.
YOU'RE STANDING ON A STREET 
CORNER, TWO CARS COLLIDE, AND 
YOU BRING A SUIT BECAUSE YOU'RE 
LATE TO WORK.
I MEAN, THE PERSON THAT IS 
BRINGING THE SUIT HAS TO BE 
DAMAGED IN SOME KIND OF WAY.
AND WHEN I SPOKE TO 
CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYERS ABOUT 
THIS TODAY, THEY SAID IT'S GOING
TO BE REALLY HARD FOR THIS GROUP
TO SHOW STANDING.
BUT HERE'S THE DEAL, JAKE.
WINNING THE LAWSUIT MAY NOT BE 
THE END GAME, IN FACT, THE 
PLAINTIFFS MAY BE THINKING THAT 
THEY COULD GET A JUDGE TO FORCE 
TRUMP TO RELEASE IMPORTANT 
INFORMATION AS A RESULT OF THIS 
LAWSUIT LIKE HIS TAX RETURNS.
TAKE A LISTEN TO NORM EISEN ON 
OUR AIR TODAY.
>> THE CONSTITUTION IS BEING 
NAKEDLY VIOLATED HERE.
THE JUDICIAL BRANCH IS GOING TO 
STEP UP AND IF THEY ORDER HIM TO
RELEASE HIS TAXES TO US IN 
DISCOVERY, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO
DO IT.
>> SO LAWSUITS AT THE END OF THE
DAY, EITHER THIS ONE OR OTHERS 
TO COME, MAY BE THE ONLY WAY 
THAT WE WILL GET TO SEE TRUMP'S 
TAX RETURNS.
AND THAT MAY BE THE STRATEGY 
HERE, JAKE. 
>> AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 
TALK IN WASHINGTON ABOUT 
DIPLOMATS AND OTHERS COMING TO 
WASHINGTON, STAYING AT THE NEW 
TRUMP HOTEL WHICH OPENED IN 
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUST WEEKS 
BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
ARE THERE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS 
THAT COULD ADD TO THESE ETHICS 
ISSUES?
>> WELL, THE HOTEL HAS BECOME 
REALLY AN EMBLEM, A SYMBOL OF 
ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT DONALD 
TRUMP IS GOING TO FACE WHILE HE 
HAS RELINQUISHED CONTROL, HE IS 
KEEPING OWNERSHIP OF HIS 
BUSINESSES.
SO THE HOTEL JUST STANDS AS A 
SYMBOL OF THAT.
AND WHILE WE WERE TALKING AN THE
EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE, WITH THE 
LAWSUIT TODAY, THERE'S ALSO A 
PROBLEM WITH THE LEASE OF THE 
HOTEL BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS 
LEASING THE LAND FROM THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
NOW, ONE TERM IN THAT LEASE SAYS
THAT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL CANNOT 
BE PARTY TO IT.
WHY?
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T 
WANT ELECTED OFFICIALS PROFITING
OFF OF THIS FEDERAL LEASE.
NOW, THE DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING A 
BIG ISSUE OF THIS.
THEY SENT A LETTER TODAY 
REQUESTING THAT THE AGENCY THAT 
OVERSEES THIS LEASE, THE 
GOVERNMENT SERVICES, THE GENERAL
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, THEY 
WANTED TO STEP IN AND SAY DONALD
TRUMP VIOLATED THE TERMS OF THE 
LEASE AND THEY THINK THAT HIS 
NUMBERS, HIS PROFIT FIGU
