group include former white house ethics attorneys file lawsuit monday accuse president donald trump allow businesses accept payments foreign governments violation u.s. constitution lawsuit bring citizens responsibility ethics washington allege constitution emoluments clause forbid payments trump businesses seek court order forbid trump accept payments say deepak gupta one lawyers work case trump business countries like china india indonesia philippines group note statement trump president sit negotiate trade deal countries american people way know whether also think profit trump businessman say trump tell reporters monday lawsuit without merit ask case sign executive order oval office white house refer question law firm represent president ethics matter comment clients work say representative firm morgan lewis bockius case part wave litigation expect file trump liberal advocacy group file federal court manhattan gupta say attorneys plaintiffs include richard painter former ethics lawyer republican president george w. bush white house impend lawsuit early report new york time eric trump one trump sons executive vice president trump organization tell time sunday company take step require law avoid possible legal exposure agree donate profit collect trump-owned hotels come foreign government guests u.s. treasury purely harassment political gain trump tell newspaper constitution emoluments clause state title nobility shall grant unite state person hold office profit trust shall without consent congress accept present emolument office title kind whatever king prince foreign state ethics lawyers sue trump foreign payments