CNN’s Toobin: DC and Maryland Suit Against Trump ‘A Political Attempt’ to ‘Interfere’ with and ‘Damage the Presidency’

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” CNN Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin stated the lawsuit filed by the District of Columbia and Maryland against President Trump “is a political attempt to interfere and damage the presidency.”

Toobin said, “I’m extremely skeptical that this will lead to anything serious in terms of an impact on President Trump. You know, the Emoluments Clause has never been applied — at least in the modern world, and I just think this is — this is a political attempt to interfere and damage the presidency. I don’t think it’s going to lead to anything significant, and I — and remember, even the discovery process which, is you know, where they might get the tax returns, that’s only going to take place after the administration moves to dismiss the lawsuit just on standing grounds, on the grounds that it doesn’t state a claim for which relief can be granted. I just think if Donald Trump is going to be damaged politically, it’s going to come through other sources.”

(h/t Grabien)

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