The foreign emoluments clause broadly encompasses any kind of profit, benefit, advantage, or service, not merely gifts of money or valuable objects. Nearly all scholars agree it applies broadly to all federal officeholders, appointed or elected, up to and including the president. The clause protects against the danger of “the President (or anyone else in a government position from) receiving Emoluments from foreign powers,” even asserting that a president who violates the clause “may be impeached.” 🧐

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