Trump Businesses Received Millions From Foreign Governments: House Dems

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House Democrats on the Oversight Committee released documents Thursday showing that Donald Trump’s businesses received at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments while he was president.

Democrats are seeking to use the 156-page report to show the apparent hypocrisy of Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, as House Republicans have been trying unsuccessfully to prove that Hunter Biden helped his father secure the 2020 election through international deals.

Thursday’s report showed that China paid the most money of all foreign governments to Trump’s business interests at $5.5 million, with Saudi Arabia coming in second, at more than $615,000. Notably, the U.S. Constitution says that presidents cannot accept any form of money from a foreign nation without “the consent of the Congress,” which Trump did not seek.

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