Whereas article I, section 9 of the Constitution provides as follows: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. ; Whereas our Founding Fathers identified the importance of and included a broad anticorruption measure known as the Emolument Clause to preserve independence from external influence of any holders of public office of profit or trust; Whereas the Framers inclusion of the Emoluments Clause covers more than just overt quid pro quo bribery and anything of any value whatever, but also encompassed the way judgment could be clouded by private concerns and improper dependencies, incidents where politicians and public institutions serve private interests at the public’s expense; Whereas the Framers strict Constitutional rule protected the most vital safeguard of freedom: the preservation of exclusive loyalty of Federal officeholders to the best interests of the United States of America, the provision guards against after-the-fact corruption; Whereas it has been widely accepted for almost two centuries that the Emoluments Clause applies to the President of the United States; and Whereas President Donald J. Trump will be in violation of the Emolument Clause from the moment he executes the Oath of Office unless he is divested of his numerous domestic and foreign business interests: Now, therefore, be it