BREAKING NEWS: A foreign king will give our current president a cash payment of roughly $1.4 million for his recent policy changes.
J. P. Freire of the Washington Examiner and frequent NRO contributor Ed Whelan take a look at the relevant laws on a president accepting a foreign award of more than minimal value. Most folks won’t mind the title or the award. But the cash . . . well, it seems we’re getting into uncharted territory here.