Emoluments violations

The Constitution's Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses prohibit federal officeholders from receiving benefits from foreign governments and prohibit the President from receiving benefits from federal or state governments beyond the official salary. Concrete forms include foreign-government bookings at officeholder-owned businesses, foreign-state payments routed to entities the officeholder owns, and federal or state government spending at the officeholder's commercial properties. The clauses are structural and old; the publication tracks documented payments, regardless of whether litigation follows.