Something to piss Trumpy off.
Court denies Trump's request to appeal ruling allowing emoluments case to proceed
A federal district court judge in Maryland on Friday rejected President Trump's request to appeal its decision to allow a lawsuit to proceed that alleges he - through his D.C. hotel - violated a clause in the Constitution that bans the president from accepting gifts or payments from foreign and domestic governments.
Judge Peter Messitte, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, denied the administration's request to not only appeal the earlier rulings, but put discovery in the case on hold.
In March, Messitte ruled the attorneys general in Maryland and the District of Columbia had standing to sue the president for allegedly violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign government either directly or indirectly through the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
In July the judge further held that the plaintiffs had a stated a claim under the Emoluments Clause. He said the term emolument expansively covers any non-de minimis profit, gain, or advantage the president receives through the Trump Hotel by virtue of government customers' patronage of the hotel, according to court documents.
thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/414585-court-denies-trumps-request-to-appeal-ruling-allowing-emoluments?amp