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Litigants allege Florida officials violated the Constitution\u2019s bar on attempts to influence the president through gifts, by handing over a valuable parcel of land.<\/strong><\/p>

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Florida officials voted to donate a Miami parking lot as the potential site for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

A group of Miami residents sued President Donald Trump, Florida officials and trustees of Miami Dade College on Tuesday over Trump\u2019s planned presidential library, claiming that the college\u2019s decision to hand over a coveted parcel of land for the project constitutes an illegal benefit for the president.<\/p>\n

The litigants \u2014 who include a current Miami Dade College student \u2014 allege that the land transfer violates the Constitution\u2019s domestic emoluments clause, which bars states from attempting to influence a president by giving him gifts. They argue that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his handpicked board of trustees at the state-operated college were wrong to give a nearly three-acre parcel in downtown Miami to Trump\u2019s library foundation last year in exchange for $10. The county\u2019s property appraiser had said the land was worth more than $67 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith its waterfront views and central location in bustling Downtown Miami, the [Miami Dade College] Parcel would likely sell for over $300 million on the open market, according to local real estate experts,\u201d the litigants wrote of the land. \u201cBut President Trump paid nothing for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit<\/a> also cites Trump\u2019s public <\/b>comments in March that he expects to use his future library, which is being run by a nonprofit foundation, as a hotel.<\/p>\n

The land \u201cis no longer available to serve MDC\u2019s student community and Downtown Miami,\u201d the litigants write, calling for the transfer to be nullified. \u201cInstead, the land will house a Trump hotel that brings riches to the President.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was filed by the Constitutional Accountability Center, a Washington-area nonprofit, and Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, a Miami-based law firm, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.<\/p>\n

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This AI-generated image shows a rendering of the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library. (Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation, which is managing the planned library, did not immediately respond to questions about the lawsuit. Spokespeople for the White House, DeSantis and Miami Dade College also did not immediately respond to questions about the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Trump faced several lawsuits during his first presidential term that also alleged he was violating the Constitution\u2019s emoluments clauses, citing benefits he received through his downtown Washington hotel<\/a> and other private holdings. The Supreme Court declared<\/a> those lawsuits moot after Trump left office in January 2021.<\/p>\n

Trump unveiled renderings<\/a> of his planned presidential library March 30, displaying a towering skyscraper replete with golden statues of himself. The planned, roughly 50-story structure looks strikingly different from other postpresidential libraries, which are used to house former presidents\u2019 records and archives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe in building libraries or museums,\u201d Trump said in the Oval Office the day after posting the renderings, as he discussed plans for his own library. \u201cIt\u2019s most likely going to be a hotel with a beautiful building underneath and a 747 Air Force One in the lobby.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president also extolled the planned waterfront property for his new building. \u201cThey say it\u2019s the best block in Miami, and the state worked with us,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>

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Two downtown Miami residents joined the lawsuit, saying that Trump\u2019s project would cause them harm by creating noise and traffic, and harming their quality of life.<\/p>\n

Dunn\u2019s Overtown Farm, a Florida nonprofit run by Marvin Dunn<\/a>, an emeritus Florida International University professor, also joined the lawsuit. Dunn said he had begun conversations three years ago with Miami Dade College students about building an urban farm for students to use, and Dunn said that he wanted to build that farm on the parcel of the land that Miami Dade College gave to Trump.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview, Dunn criticized the renderings and the president\u2019s comments about using the property for a hotel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was horrified when I saw that,\u201d Dunn said, adding that the land could have been used to teach students or sold to increase the college\u2019s endowment. \u201cClearly it\u2019s not a library \u2026 this is about a wrong land grab, at the expense of students in this community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dunn previously sued over the library project, saying last year that moves by the college\u2019s board and Florida officials to swiftly transfer land for Trump\u2019s library was a violation of Florida\u2019s open-records laws. A federal judge sided with Dunn and temporarily blocked the transfer, prompting the college\u2019s board to hold<\/a> a second vote.<\/p>\n

Presidential libraries typically serve as highly curated museums, touting the president\u2019s record and offering their interpretation of events that unfolded during their tenures, and are funded by private donations.<\/p>\n

Democrats have questioned the Trump administration and companies that have committed to giving money to Trump\u2019s library, pressing<\/a> for details after the original library fund was dissolved last year.<\/p>\n

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) and Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-New Mexico) last month wrote<\/a> to Trump, asking him to explain the status of tens of millions of dollars pledged to the project by ABC, Meta, Paramount and X. The companies reached legal settlements with Trump in the months after the 2024 presidential election, seeking to resolve claims they had harmed him by restricting his access to social media or defaming him in their coverage, but have declined to detail the status of those donations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe companies do not know or are unwilling to share their information about what happened to the millions of dollars given to the Fund,\u201d the Democrats wrote to Trump, saying that they were seeking an update. A spokesperson said Tuesday that they had not received an answer from the president.<\/p>\n

Congressional Democrats have also cited<\/a> the Constitution\u2019s emoluments clauses when criticizing deals struck by Trump and his family members\u2019 businesses, saying that Trump has wrongly sought to profit off his presidency.<\/p>

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Jeremy Roebuck and Justin Jouvenal contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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