Emoluments Clauses
Image: King Hussein presents President Clinton with a gift Equestrian Statue in the Outer Oval Office.
The Foreign Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8) restricted President Clinton and other White House employees from receiving any "presents" from foreign governments, kings, or princes, without the consent of the Congress. Gifts to President Clinton from Foreign Heads of State were considered property of the United States and transferred to the National Archives as part of the presidential library museum collection.
Documents at the Clinton Library focus on two of the three emoluments clauses: The Ineligibility Clause (Article I, Section 6, Clause 2) and the Foreign Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8). These records discuss ethics rules for special government employees.
Image: In January 1994, King Hussein of Jordan gifted President Clinton a statue of an Arab warrior on a camel. This gift is currently on display in the Clinton Presidential Center.
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2019-0636-F : Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution