196 members of Congress have filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for violating the Constitution. Tell your members of Congress to join them.

Trump conducts business meetings during his golf trips at his resort. 

196 members of Congress have filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for violating the Constitution. That’s a big deal! Never before has so much of Congress sued a sitting president.

That’s because we’ve never had a sitting president so openly disregard the Constitution. The Trump Organization's profits still flow to Trump, letting foreign governments funnel money to Trump through his properties in the U.S. and business dealings in over 20 different countries1 – all in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Congress members who represent you in Washington, Representative Martha McSally and Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake, have not yet joined the lawsuit.

Call your reps and tell them to join the lawsuit and hold Trump accountable to the Constitution. Here are the numbers to call:

Rep. McSally - (202) 225-2542
Sen. McCain - (202) 224-2235
Sen. Flake - (202) 224-4521

The Constitution clearly states in the Foreign Emoluments Clause, that no public official can accept “emoluments:” gifts, payments, or profits from a foreign government without the consent of Congress. And that hasn’t happened.

Instead of divesting from Trump Organization, Donald Trump merely handing the reigns over to his sons, while still collecting and getting regular updates on profits.1

Some of your members of Congress haven’t joined this lawsuit yet. It’s time they hear from you. Tell them to join the lawsuit against Donald Trump for violating the Constitution. Hear are their numbers:

- Rootstrikers, a project of Demand Progress

Source: NPR “Democratic Lawmakers Sue Trump, Handing The President Another Legal Challenge” June 14, 2017

Sign the petition: Tell your members of Congress to join the court case to stop Trump from violating the Constitution

This is big news! 196 congressional Democrats filed a lawsuit to hold Trump accountable to the Constitution.

Your Congressperson, Rep. McSally, hasn't joined the suit. In the Senate, Sen. McCain hasn't joined the suit and Sen. Flake hasn't joined.

Sign the petition: Tell your members of Congress to join the court case to stop Trump from violating the Constitution – or thank them if they already have.

This is history in the making. Never before has so many Congress members filed a lawsuit against a sitting president.1 And with good reason – we’ve never had a president who has taken foreign money in the form of profits from their business enterprise.

The Constitution specifically bans public officials – including the president – from accepting payments or gifts from foreign governments without consent from Congress.

Trump still owns hotels all across the world, and his business empire presents a golden opportunity for foreign governments to funnel money directly into Trump’s pockets. This isn’t nitpicky legalese; the Emoluments Clause is a core anti-corruption measure written into the Constitution to protect the president and other officials from being unduly influenced by foreign countries.

Trump, being influenced by a foreign power, where have we heard that before?

Even former President Jimmy Carter sold his peanut farm. By not divesting himself from his business empire, and letting foreign governments grease his palms with payments to the Trump Organization, Donald Trump is violating the Constitution. Now Democrats are holding him accountable.

We elect people to Congress to represent us and uphold the Constitution. Tell your Congress members to get on board and join the lawsuit to hold Trump accountable, if they haven’t already.

- Demand Progress

1. Constitutional Accountability Center "Trump and the Foreign Emoluments Clause" June 14, 2017