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TV (Hearst): CAC’s Elizabeth Wydra Discusses the G7 and President Trump’s Constitutional Violations

On Friday, October 18, 2019 Constitutional Accountability Center President Elizabeth Wydra appeared on Hearst-owned stations across the country discussing President Trump’s decision (later retracted) to hold the next G7 summit as his resort in Doral, Florida — a violation of the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause.

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