One of the nation's most controversial governors finds himself as a key figure in an unprecedented lawsuit against Trump

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• Maine Gov. Paul LePage has emerged as a key figure in a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution.
• LePage's stay at Trump's Washington, DC, hotel in early 2017 is under scrutiny.

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Maine Gov. Paul LePage finds himself as a key figure in an unprecedented lawsuit against President Donald Trump.

On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that a pair of attorneys general have legal standing to sue Trump over claims that he's violating the Constitution, marking the first time such a lawsuit has cleared that legal hurdle. The suit accuses Trump of violating the foreign and domestic emoluments clause of the Constitution through via his hotel in Washington, DC.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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