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<\/a>President Donald Trump listens during his meeting with U.S. Mayors and Governors for a Infrastructure Summit in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo\/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)<\/p><\/div>\n
By Cheryl K. Chumley – The Washington Times<\/p>\n
ANALYSIS\/OPINION:<\/strong><\/p>\n President Donald Trump is being sued by Maryland and the District of Columbia over accusations he violated the Constitution by taking millions of dollars in money and benefits from foreign governments, while occupying his White House perch.<\/p>\n The left just won\u2019t quit, will it? Impeachment has been on the minds of the far left since Trump won, back in November \u2014 back before he ever even assumed the high office, never mind committed an impeachable offense.<\/p>\n This is apparently the next step in making that vision a reality.<\/p>\n \u201cThe lawsuit,\u201d The Washington Post reported<\/a>, \u201cthe first of its kind brought by government entities, centers on the fact that Trump chose to retain ownership of his company when he became president.\u201d<\/p>\n At the same time, these attorneys general bringing the suit acknowledge that Trump, in January, did indeed shift his businesses into the ownership hands of his sons.<\/p>\n So what\u2019s their beef?<\/p>\n Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh and D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine \u2014 both Democrats, of course \u2014 allege Trump hasn\u2019t kept all his business dealings separate from his political dealings. They know this, they said, because Trump\u2019s son, Eric, announced he was going to keep his father apprised of the goings-on of company finances.<\/p>\n And since, they\u2019ve discovered Trump actually has kept ownership of some of global businesses, they allege \u2014 accusing the president in the lawsuit of \u201cunprecedented constitutional violations,\u201d the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s more of what the suit says: \u201cFundamental to a president\u2019s fidelity to [faithfully execute his oath of office] is the Constitution\u2019s demand that the president \u2026 disentangle his private finances from those of domestic and foreign powers. Never before has a president acted with such disregard for this constitutional prescription.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s not clear whether a federal judge is going to allow this case to go forward.<\/p>\n But really, this is a Democratic-fueled ploy to gain access to Trump\u2019s private tax filings \u2014 couched in concern for the \u201cright[s] of Marylanders [and] residents of the District of Columbia\u201d and in the right of \u201call Americans to have honest government,\u201d Frosh said.<\/p>\n Really?<\/p>\n If these attorneys general want to concern themselves with the rights of Marylanders, District of Columbia resident and all Americans \u2014 and push forward an open and transparent government at the same time \u2014 why don\u2019t they check out the curious millionaires\u2019 club that\u2019s called Congress?<\/p>\n Why don\u2019t they follow the money among members of Congress, post-elections, and see how closely tied their sudden skyrockets in personal revenues are to issues, matters, requests \u2014 and pieces of legislation \u2014 that are presented for their consideration?<\/p>\n Bet there\u2019s something to uncover there.<\/p>\n Bet the rules passed against congressional members engaging in insider-trading type deals aren\u2019t exactly being enforced.<\/p>\n You know there\u2019s a fishy odor in the air when a Democrat starts talking Constitution, starts babbling about law and order and the rights of American citizens \u2014 starts going on about government transparency and openness. After all, this was the party of Barack Obama, the president who promised the most open and transparent government ever \u2014 and who gave the likes of an attorney general who spied on journalists and tapped into reporters\u2019 phone records.<\/p>\n So beware: Racine said he\u2019s just trying to get to the truth of the matter over a stalling, stonewalling Republican-led Congress.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re getting in here to be the check and balance that it appears Congress is unwilling to be,\u201d he told<\/a> to The Post.<\/p>\n All right then. Let the inquiry begin. It\u2019s not the first. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued over the same in January; a D.C.-based restaurant sued Trump over essentially the same in March; a handful of Democrats in Congress said just a few days ago they\u2019re going to file a suit of their own in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n But note to left: It\u2019s not like these suits are gaining any Democratic points, outside of the media and the base. Come 2018, and election time, it\u2019s not the suits against Trump that people are going to remember. It\u2019s the hypocrisy of the left to scream law and order and \u201cConstitution!\u201d at the right \u2014 while failing to pick out the illegal, immoral and corrupt logs from their own eyes first.<\/p>\n