Republicans Ignore Report That Trump Took Millions From China

A report released Thursday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee estimates that former President Donald Trump's businesses received at least $7.8 million from foreign governments during his four years in the White House, payments that appear to violate the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause—which Trump once dismissed as "phony."

Titled White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump, the 156-page report uses documents from Trump's former accounting firm to show that businesses owned by the former president received payments from at least 20 foreign governments during his White House tenure, including over $5.5 million from China, $615,422 from Saudi Arabia, $465,744 from Qatar, and $303,372 from Kuwait.

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